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Noun
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Comfort without the awkwardness Pliyt also leans heavily into comfort.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Jan. 2026 -
To cut through the awkwardness, Green then enters the frame himself and sits across from her, and the two share a quiet, warm, extended glance, looking into each other’s eyes.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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On immigration enforcement—Trump’s signature issue—the brutality and clumsiness of the mass-deportation campaign has decreased public support for the president’s agenda and increased the number of Americans who strongly disapprove of ICE.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Complete with easy, unstructured choreography, Fiyero’s loose movement mirrors the Scarecrow's clumsiness.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
21 Nov. 2025
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Not two years later this tower was to collapse precipitately under its own weight into a pyramid of dust and rubble, only to be rebuilt later, in, unaccountably, all its former gracelessness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Gawkiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawkiness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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