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Until, that is, Morgan is roped into the LAPD by Selena Soto (Judy Reyes) and paired with uptight detective Adam Karadec (Daniel Sunjata).—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025 -
Too uptight to refrain from checking email.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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With a roster that includes Margot Robbie, Miles Teller and Brooke Shields, Ullman says tariff anxiety shoehorned into an already volatile market and tense political climate has pushed clients to be far more conservative.—
Trey Williams,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Gold has seen historic gains in 2025, its more-than-50% surge surpassing previous volatile periods such as after the September 11 attacks, the 2008 financial crisis or even the Covid-19 pandemic.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Hailey, usually the more anxious one, was struck when her typically calm husband brought it up first.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Volunteers became depressed, irritable, anxious, and withdrawn.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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Gelles avoids lionizing Patagonia’s leader, describing Chouinard’s mercurial leadership style that often bewildered his staff at Patagonia.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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President Javier Milei, Argentina’s charismatic but mercurial leader, had been lauded until recent weeks for turning his nation’s economy around after 2023.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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The volcanic plug rose dramatically from the sea on Saint Vincent’s windward side.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2025
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Palazzo Farnese is a 16th-century palace in the green hills of the Cimini Mountains that seems to rise from the volcanic rock itself.—
Fulvio De Bonis,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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While some mild language or edgy humor might still appear, the company promises to keep those cases rare.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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After Politico reported that Young Republicans expressed outrageously racist, misogynistic and anti-Semitic sentiments, Vice President JD Vance excused it as just the edgy chat of young activists.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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In a process called marine ice cliff instability (MICI), cliffs taller than 90 meters at the edges of glaciers become unstable and collapse, exposing ever-thicker ice in a chain reaction that accelerates retreat.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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However, if the pressure, density, or current is too high, the plasma can become unstable.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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Nevada scored a late TD in that one to cause a nervy final two minutes.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Oct. 2025
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As Zuckerberg in Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, Strong will be assuming a role that was played with nervy, youthful pique by Jesse Eisenberg back in 2010.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Flibbertigibbety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flibbertigibbety. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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