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In this elegant setting—a dining room set with Afropunk oil portraits and industrial-chic brass beams overhead—the fruit was presented as an aperitivo.—
Samantha Falewée,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Apr. 2026 -
With cathedral ceilings, select pieces of midcentury-modern furniture, and exposed wood beams, the interiors are comfortable without being cluttered.—
Sarah Wood González,
Architectural Digest,
30 Apr. 2026
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As a national icon, the Natural Bridge served as a quiet, Emersonian rebuke to Europe’s militaristic triumphal arches, reinforcing the naturalness of American democracy.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The cork-latex footbed is great for supporting arches and alignment, and the adjustable strap is helpful for those with bunions or hammer toes.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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Recent charter school law has clarified the role county boards have in providing oversight to charter schools that are authorized by the county office, or in considering factors on whether the appeal of charter schools authorized by local school districts is upheld or denied.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Under one provision of Senate Bill 37, the faculty senate's control was transferred to the discretion of the university's governing boards and presidents.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The new, 76-team brackets will jam eight extra games — for a total of 12 involving 24 teams — into the front half of the first week of the men’s and the women’s tournaments.—
Eddie Pells,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The new, 76-team brackets will jam eight extra games — for a total of 12 involving 24 teams — into the front half of the first week of each tournament.—
Eddie Pells,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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Argentina’s pavilion is a large, complex space full of columns and brick walls.—
Thomas Patier,
Artforum,
6 May 2026
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Kaye’s work in columns/analysis and sports feature writing has been honored by the North Carolina Press Association (NCPA).—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2026
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The refined contemporary interiors are punctuated throughout with terrazzo floors, warm wood paneling, and rough-hewn stone pillars.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
4 May 2026
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That’s when tectonic plates first pushed them out of the sea, but the shaping of the pillars via coastal erosion only occurred over the last few thousand years.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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In the end, Laffrey, whose Broadway credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Parade, settled for using an iPhone app to record the size of pilasters and mullioned mirrors.—
Carey Purcell,
Architectural Digest,
27 Oct. 2025
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With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Meet, also, a discreet, briefcase-toting ball-bearings salesman from Chicago, recently moved here with his wife, now that the kids are grown.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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The best way to get your bearings is to board the safari vehicle, a Land Cruiser custom-fashioned with an open-air perch some 10 feet off the ground.—
Samantha Falewée,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Girders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girders. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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