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However, the story actually begins in London, where the Crawleys and a few essential servants are taking in a play penned by Noel Coward (Arty Froushan) and starring Guy Dexter (Dominic West).—
Mark Meszoros,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Since 2010, fans have followed the family of the Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville), and their servants through six television seasons and three films.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Each bungalow has its own charming additions like a billiards room, hillside hot tubs and even full swimming pools but all come with morning tea service in bed courtesy of house butlers.—
Alissa Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Its overwater villas, cerulean lagoons, and barefoot butlers have become synonymous with the tropical island fantasy, and last year, an all-time high of 2 million visitors touched down on its sugar-white sands.—
Chris Schalkx,
Robb Report,
28 Aug. 2025
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Nail polish is not allowed for male soldiers, and clear polish is accepted for female soldiers.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The company is also pushing out battlefield-ready tools designed for everyday use by soldiers.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Outside what is today a parking garage, a group of Union soldiers — unarmed and asleep in tents — were trampled by horses and murdered by Quantrill’s raiders.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The raiders kill many vault residents and kidnap her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), so the sheltered Lucy sets out on a quest to find him.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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Its purpose is to maximize the president’s control over our lives, enrich his family, reward his lackeys and punish his critics.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Matthew quickly schemes his way into Oliver’s orbit after that first performance, impressing and rankling the group of lackeys in his entourage at the same time.—
Eric Torres,
Pitchfork,
27 Aug. 2025
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Old Hamlet’s retainers acquired crumbling public housing estates turning out occupants enabling them to build showy apartments for cash buyers.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
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Or, Wu suggested, instead of opting for clear plastic aligners, a person could get metal braces or retainers.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
25 Aug. 2025
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Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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Her mother was a nurse, her aunts and distant cousins all nurses and maids and cleaners scattered everywhere from Jeddah to Singapore to Rome.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Footmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footmen. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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