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The idea of replacing caddies with animals, lightheartedly suggested by moderator Eben Novy-Williams?—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
4 Nov. 2025 -
Paltzik did not confirm the authenticity of the message but still suggested they were made lightheartedly.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Villarreal friendly offered a glimpse of both the potential and the challenge.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Lionel Messi in Las Vegas for an Inter Miami friendly shone a light on how sport is gravitating towards Nevada and the Strip.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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She is described, variously, as quirky, impassive, naive, vulgar, blithely optimistic.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 Aug. 2025
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Herbert captures remarkable scenes of white visitors indulging in nostalgia for the Confederacy blithely unaware, seemingly, of the violence and inhumanity of the pre-Civil War era when millions of African Americans were enslaved.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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Not exactly a breezily escapist tale of party-girl antics, this is more of a dystopian novel about the inevitable tech-apocalypse, told through the story of a family on vacation from Brooklyn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang breezily observed on a podcast last month that donating to Crockett is a waste of money.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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While any team would gladly welcome an offensive outburst, scoring hasn’t necessarily been the issue for Miami.—
Tyler Carmona
June 11,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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In his ever-obliging character, my dad, Patrick Baskette, gladly divulged which presents any father would love to unwrap.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
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Kipnis describes her own mother laughingly recalling a college professor chasing her around a desk and trying to kiss her.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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The festival’s 22nd edition kicked off joyfully with Bong, who had committed to presiding over the jury 18 months ago.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
3 Dec. 2025
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In the clip—viewed more than 440,000 times since it was uploaded on October 6—the pilot greets her mom with a huge hug as the mother joyfully dances her way down the jet bridge, suitcase in hand.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
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Abu Daqqa shows videos set to music of him riding his sleek, silver and black machine, circling fast and joyously in the waves, testing its speed and agility.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Nov. 2025
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They are felt as they are composed, painfully, joyously, cellularly—and they are designed for other biological beings to experience, to connect with, to be animated, provoked and moved by.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Gladsomely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gladsomely. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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