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Facing recapture, several freedom fighters committed ritual suicide at the Ram Head in April 1734.—
Siobhan Reid,
Vogue,
11 Nov. 2025 -
The site features crosses of increasing sizes with a cruciform pit containing precious ritual artifacts at its center.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The onnagata performances are played with power and elegance by Yoshizawa and Yokohama; their characters are brothers-in-art in the man’s world of kabuki, embodying a ritualistic idea of womanhood that’s otherworldly.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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Growing impunity Settler attacks on Shehadeh’s farm are part of a systematic pattern of settler impunity amid a sharp increase in attacks against Palestinians, particularly in the past two years.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Yet even among a number of Christians seeking to raise awareness and intensify efforts to put an end to systematic abuses committed by Boko Haram and other jihadi movements, the prospect of foreign intervention raises serious concerns.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Instead, Sao’s revenge against Korn — who clearly doesn’t remember Sao — is executed with the methodical nature of a precise mise en place and the patience of an all-day sous vide.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
5 Nov. 2025
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Animation is a much, much slower, more methodical process.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Formalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formalistic. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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