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Three days after being excluded from a press conference fronted by Taliban’s foreign minister in India, women journalists took their seats in a powerful show of force to question him about the social exclusion of Afghan women.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025 -
The show is billed as an ambitious new reality series fronted by Nour Arida, who is one of the most influential Arab women.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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Tranter mounted a spirited defense of the Time Lord when confronted with Shearman’s quote.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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The following year, on the evening of June 2, 2023, Lorincz—as was typical—confronted some children.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Weiss now faces three major challenges.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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But companies that don’t have an issue with undocumented workers are facing the friction of having employees pulled aside by ICE officials.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Place the chicken in front of you, breast up, with the neck pointing away from you.—
Peter Barrett,
Outside Online,
9 June 2025
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Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2025
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Armed with their boom boxes and cassette tapes, the boys braved the stench and recorded songs.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Paulson braved the press, and fielded questions about what Keaton meant to her all these years after having met while shooting The Other Sister, the 1999 drama directed by Garry Marshall.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Frankie screamed with a mix of delight and frustration that her owner dared to leave her there alone, which was to be expected.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Ingelsby wanted there to be a scene where Grasso almost dared Tom take him down.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Face up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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