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What’s an ambassador/Second Lady to do but try to gather up her dignity, pull her obnoxiously tight sequined dress back down, and head back to the party for a bit before heading back to Winfield House alone.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Her patience is tested when Cliff obnoxiously tries to guess the name of her daughter — Dominique?—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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That doesn't mean judges can't provide oversight of prosecutors, but that's only supposed to occur when there are claims that a prosecutor was pursuing cases discriminatorily or vindictively.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The leaker typically disagrees with these changes and, unfortunately, chooses to lash out in the false hope of reversing them—or even worse, vindictively trying to sabotage their organization's leadership.—
Troy Batterberry,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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As if the question arose, thought Leonora scornfully.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Space states like Florida and California, for example—home to NASA’s two biggest centers—jealously guard their share of the federal pie.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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The unhappy person is one who looks jealously at other plates or is angry that they are served last.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
25 Aug. 2025
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While the venue gained significant popularity and an enviously cool reputation, it was also plagued by regulatory troubles in recent years.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
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Taylor makes a persuasive case for how artists can grow, if incrementally and maybe bitterly, amid so much numbing digital noise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Fede knows the truth, but Roberto doesn’t, and Fede has held that over Antonio ever since, with Antonio bitterly blaming himself for his wife’s death.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Envyingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envyingly. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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