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Just ask the folks who’ve made the college basketball committee which is currently pondering expanding its beautiful bracket to 76 teams.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025 -
As with many of A24's horror movies, we're left to ponder whether anything supernatural happens as Maud's quest reaches its apotheosis, proving that fanatical belief is enough to inspire great terrors.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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But where Yeat makes up for ultimately hollow songwriting with a healthy amount of brooding world-building, Ian offers us less to grasp onto.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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The business of changing the world is not just loaded with brooding brutality and the willingness to shed blood at every obstacle.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Dwell (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwell%20%28on%29. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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