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Noun
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With this knowledge, the government could exploit discontent, foster instability, and leverage dissent against Soviet policies.—
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20 May 2025 -
This is when the film takes a turn for the paranormal, with Uma’s affliction — and its nastier nighttime expressions — serving as a metaphor for her discontents.—
Natalia Winkelman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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How can adults, hardened by life’s woes, revamp their own first-love feeling in their day to day?—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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Knight has also faced his fair share of legal woes over the years, including multiple stints in prison and jail.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
Noun
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The sense of buoyancy in markets, then, could be a head rush — evoked by the U.S.-China trade deal over the weekend — that could dissipate once the gravity of the economic headwinds takes over again.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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The gravity of what’s riding on this series for a franchise now 58 years removed from its last Stanley Cup is undeniable.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Flying your favorite spacecraft is as simple as plopping down in the captain’s chair to engage in some hairy dogfights and clandestine patrols over strange worlds or the inky cosmic blackness as the gameplay shifts from a standard FPS to a third-person perspective.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Perry and crew experienced a few minutes of weightlessness and got to see Earth against the blackness of space.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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