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Diller usually works out in the evening, then jumps in the shower.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026 -
Assuming everything works out, shipping should commence in August.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Jan. 2026
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Watson, who ordinarily comes off the bench for Denver, was named Western Conference Player of the Week by the NBA on Monday.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
12 Jan. 2026
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Then the shirt comes off and the stomach is sucked in.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rauw, a 33-year-old San Jaun romantic, had a breakthrough after a breakup, skipping coolly across genres and balancing electronic and acoustic arrangements following a split with Rosalia; even in polar vortex hell, Karol G’s Tropicoqueta goes over like a glass of concentrated essence of summer.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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For more, see my interview with Yann LeCun, where the former head of research at Meta goes over LLM limitations and suggests we might be headed for this type of research in the future.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Chan succeeds Herman Wong, who has resigned from the position to pursue other interests.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Pal Zileri has a new chief executive officer, Carlo Anceschi, who succeeds Leone Scordo.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The camera pans out to the hallway as visitors flee, while the gorilla’s roar echoes loudly in the background.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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There’s drag, and then there’s the drag-on-drag of girls playing boys playing girls playing… well, however that flow chat pans out.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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While both Saks and Amazon once held big aspirations for the bricks to clicks connection, and the web giant was expecting big payments for referrals, the relationship has broken down.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
2 Feb. 2026
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But coach Charles Lee has found something that clicks.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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