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Heart-to-heart talks with his kids and his ex, Mel (Amanda Peet), kick up the tears and anxiety.
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Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 31 May 2025
In this episode, Carrie has to grapple with her feelings about Big really and truly moving on and the result is a painful and realistic look at a topic that will resonate as long as people have exes.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 30 May 2025
Misa Hylton Diddy’s ex and mother of his son Justin Combs, stylist Misa Hylton, attended the first two days of the trial.
—Janeé Bolden, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
Cruise dangles from a helicopter and does a HALO jump from 25,000 feet in the air, Ethan's ex Julia comes back into the picture, Ilsa is more awesome than usual, and a mustached Cavill plays a double agent no one would want to stare down.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 May 2025
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Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 31 May 2025
In this episode, Carrie has to grapple with her feelings about Big really and truly moving on and the result is a painful and realistic look at a topic that will resonate as long as people have exes.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 30 May 2025
Misa Hylton Diddy’s ex and mother of his son Justin Combs, stylist Misa Hylton, attended the first two days of the trial.
—Janeé Bolden, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
Cruise dangles from a helicopter and does a HALO jump from 25,000 feet in the air, Ethan's ex Julia comes back into the picture, Ilsa is more awesome than usual, and a mustached Cavill plays a double agent no one would want to stare down.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 May 2025
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Noun
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Instead, just three months after that maiden outing, Huijsen was sent on loan to AS Roma.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Campbell, who won his maiden PGA Tour victory at the Mexico Open in February, claimed his second playoff title at the John Deere Classic.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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By comparison, says Elo-Rivera’s office, the median hourly wage in the county for janitors and cleaners is $17.60, and for maids and housekeepers, $18.67.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Aniya Taylor plays Vic, who is both the theater’s stage manager and playing the minor role of the maid Kathleen in the play-within-the-play.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The golden bachelor and bachelorettes being a part of the show is so fun.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
7 July 2025
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The show — which ran for seven seasons from 2011 to 2018 — starred Zooey Deschanel as the titular new girl Jessica Day, who ends up living in a loft with three bachelors (Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield and Lamorne Morris) after a bad breakup.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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The fifth and sixth books in the original Julia Quinn series cover the love stories of sisters Eloise (Claudia Jessie), the spinster, and Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd), the quiet one, respectively.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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Ruth Buzzi, who was so hilarious as the lonely spinster Gladys Ormphby, the lady who swung her handbag as a lethal weapon, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
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“Ex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ex. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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