as in has at
to start work on energetically
the first morning back at work was spent diving into the huge pile of e-mails that had accumulated over the previous two weeks
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Classic, with a hint of old-school glamour—that’s how Amal Clooney approaches her beauty looks.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2026 -
As Super Bowl Sunday approaches--the second biggest food consumption day of the year--tons of people will ask AI for party recipes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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Say Nothing tackles this divisive period of history through a number of perspectives, including reluctant IRA member Dolours Price (Lola Petticrew) and those involved in the disappearance of Jean McConville, a single mother of 10 who was kidnapped by the group and never seen alive again.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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All in all, the show tackles a thoughtful premise — even two people speaking the same linguistic language will need their thoughts translated — and almost got it right but took a couple of tangents after the halfway mark.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Dives (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dives%20%28into%29. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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