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Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
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Data centers are conglomerations of warehouses storing thousands of computer servers.—
Sarah Henry,
The Courier-Journal,
18 Aug. 2025
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In 1998, HdP, or Holding di Partecipazioni Industriali, a conglomerate controlled by Fiat, acquired the Valentino company for about $300 million.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, the Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has admitted to paying lobbyists nearly $5 million to influence a number of policies related to national security this year.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Oct. 2025
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Coaching successfully in such conditions requires a mixture of humility and self-confidence, as well as a certain cunning.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The mixture was especially stuck to the hair from his eyebrows, eyelashes and three-day-old stubble, making its removal a long and painful process that involved Lorne Michaels calling in a plastic surgeon pal.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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The result is a hodgepodge of myths and theories about how to address the issue that go well beyond advice to just eat well and meditate.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Arizona’s backfield has been a hodgepodge of Bam Knight, Michael Carter and Emari Demercado.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.—
Rudy Lee,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2023
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Stovetop potpourri, deodorizers, and candles certainly have their place, but masking odors isn’t one of them.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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For a sweet-smelling fall centerpiece, add potpourri of your choice.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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Both are constructed using a mix of cotton and fleece, showcase a similar blue color, and are on sale for only $32 as a pair.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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What names could get in the mix?—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Congeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeries. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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