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Adjective
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Although injury recovery is challenging, many young athletes develop greater resilience, patience, emotional awareness and body awareness through rehabilitation.—
Ian McMahan,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026 -
Still, while these surfaces are clearly meant to reflect deeper emotional and cultural truths, Coppola’s mining of them is done glancingly, airily.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Indoors, black-and-white floors, columns and chandeliers set a theatrical tone for a dinner menu that travels beyond Italy, weaving in flavours from North Africa and the Middle East.—
Vicki Power,
TheWeek,
23 Mar. 2026
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The new project forms part of Amazon MGM Studio’s global expansion plans, which includes premium original series, local remakes and theatrical features in Mexico.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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Jurors also considered Meta’s failure to enforce its ban on users under 13, the role of its algorithms in prioritizing sensational or harmful content, and the prevalence of social media content about teen suicide.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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There’s a lot riding on the sensational K-pop group’s first album in four years, but its generic songs ring hollow and lack the vim and vigor of the band’s best work.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
24 Mar. 2026
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This inquiry into police corruption stems from a dramatic news conference last year by a provincial police officer, who accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and senior police officers of having links with organized crime.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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While a portion of rallygoers voiced support for dramatic intervention against Cuba's leadership, others said their focus remains on peaceful, lasting reform.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The show’s one and only joke is that the story is played more or less straight and true to the language of soap operas with pregnant pauses, cheesy music cues, and melodramatic reveals — which is funny for a few scenes before turning into a laughless bore.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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My mother was two parents in one, both male (decisive and withholding) and female (melodramatic and fanciful) at the same time.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Movies are permeated with operatic tropes.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
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But the Labèque sisters will be at Walt Disney Concert Hall at the end of the month with a two-piano program based on Glass’ operatic Cocteau trilogy.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Emotionalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionalistic. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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