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Compare this to the reality of what was going on for Anne circa the early 1970s.
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Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 15 Dec. 2019
The curator of the Pompidou exhibition, Didier Ottinger, has situated the paintings of Bacon in the context of a Reader’s Digest assortment of texts, a general-interest, user-friendly survey of Big Thoughts 101, circa 1985.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
Juggling has a long and glorious history dating back to ancient Egypt; there are hieroglyphics circa 1994 and 1781 BCE that historians consider to be the earliest historical record of juggling.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2020
Cuckoo clock, circa 1950 Q. My grandmother gave me this clock more than 30 years ago.
—oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2020
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Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 15 Dec. 2019
The curator of the Pompidou exhibition, Didier Ottinger, has situated the paintings of Bacon in the context of a Reader’s Digest assortment of texts, a general-interest, user-friendly survey of Big Thoughts 101, circa 1985.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
Juggling has a long and glorious history dating back to ancient Egypt; there are hieroglyphics circa 1994 and 1781 BCE that historians consider to be the earliest historical record of juggling.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2020
Cuckoo clock, circa 1950 Q. My grandmother gave me this clock more than 30 years ago.
—oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2020
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Read More: Xi Shows No Sign of Rescuing Iran as Trump Ramps Up Pressure Iran’s ability to react may be limited by its economic weakness, with inflation running at around 40%.—
Sara Braun,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
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Many of the picks around those two were misfires, so Arizona did well to find surplus value that season.—
The Athletic NHL Staff,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference about the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting areas with high immigrant populations and labor-intensive industries.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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Afterward, Allie is all business, filming content for Upward and interviewing a steady stream of creators about their experiences with Recapture and how it’s changed their lives.—
Avery Stone,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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“Circa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circa. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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