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Manyando pointed to how social media buzz around figures like her client, singer and rapper Fetty Wap seems to unlock collective memories of a lighter time.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026 -
For Princeton resident Roque Garcia, the forecast brings back memories of a winter storm in 2022.—
Erin Jones,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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For the past 10 years Ai has lived in Germany, the UK and now Portugal, never once setting foot in his native country, where people with far less controversial pasts have faced arbitrary detention.—
Stephy Chung,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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In countries with authoritarian pasts, particularly, a democratic approach to business can encourage democracy beyond the business itself.—
Midhat Zwayen,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Archival footage and personal recollections are blended in the movie, alongside testimonials from the closest people to him.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
29 Dec. 2025
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His work combines on-the-ground reportage with historical reconstruction, often stitched together from a patchwork of oral recollections.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
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More effective is Oldroyd’s patience in establishing Jack and Anna’s histories with the murder victim, Rachel Hopkins (Jamie Tisdale).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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These regular observations will gradually take in data and aim to provide pivotal information about the strengths, compositions, and histories of these primitive cosmic bodies.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
8 Jan. 2026
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There were reminiscences about Bobby’s playing every snap for his father’s team, Bobby’s coaching start at a $5,000-a-year job and Bobby’s always doing the right thing, sticking with his convictions no matter what anyone else thought or had to say.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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The filmmakers also planned to bookend the story with the reminiscences of the older Kirk and Spock — a cunning ruse to get the headline power of Shatner and Nimoy in the movie.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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As noted in yesterdays’ newsletter, O’Hearn is 4-for-5 with two home runs and two doubles against lefties.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Flashbacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashbacks. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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