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Where Iain was tart, Hoffman was goofy and glib, using the jokey pitch modulations of a fake talk-show host to let viewers know that the Islanders’ doings were ridiculous.—
Anna Peele,
Vulture,
20 May 2026 -
Setting the tone right at the top of the doings, black is the one go-to colorway, glamorous, and yes, stripped down.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The rooms The rooms here were last renovated in 2017—just a hair earlier than Four Seasons One Dalton Street’s rooms, which opened in 2019, but are by no means old or inferior.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Some viewers even felt its liberal use of absurdity in fact grounded the show in the real world compared to the high-minded weepies on daytime, achieving honesty through nontraditional means.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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In the course of the series, Jimmy’s office moves from Century City — 1900 Avenue of the Stars — to the American Cement Building in MacArthur Park (and all that that implies).—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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The move made Arctos the only firm approved to invest in all five major American men’s leagues.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
20 May 2026
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Your emotions may not have synced up with your recent identity shifts.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
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The narrative shifts when Rang learns that Messi is to play a friendly match in Mumbai, thousands of kilometers from his village, sparking an unlikely road trip for boy and dog.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Noun
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The next step is finding a place to meet in the middle and clarify what’s unsaid or unclear on both sides.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Winning this one could be an early step toward turning the franchise around.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Passages may feel incongruous at times, generating themselves from unknown electrical triggers, but the stretches of silence Doran and Carlile weave throughout act as a kind of connective tissue.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
22 May 2026
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The Russians believe the drones use a mesh radio, so each Martian acts as a relay for other drones, creating a covert communications network behind Russian lines.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Under both measures, only small businesses would qualify.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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Voters overwhelmingly rejected the ballot measure that asked them whether to raise the state gas tax by 6 cents to 46 cents a gallon.—
Claire Rush,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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Media technology has given this process a different urgency.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The process was complicated by a need to retain a running track in order to stage athletics events each summer.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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“Counterstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstep. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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