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Adjective
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Its 23 spacious rooms and suites, all with terraces or private gardens, have spectacular sea views and are nestled into a ridge overlooking a secluded cove near the medieval hilltop village of Ramatuelle.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026 -
Following the parade, there will be a spectacular fireworks display.—
Alice Gainer,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Of course, plenty can happen between now and then, but those have been the most glaring weaknesses for a team that is second to the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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With the United States men’s national team’s 26-man roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup confirmed on Tuesday afternoon at Pier 17 in Manhattan, midfielder Diego Luna’s absence from Mauricio Pochettino’s squad is the most glaring.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
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The 860-square foot penthouse suite is the fanciest of them all, occupying the entire top floor but, for those of us who haven’t won the lottery (yet), the Boulevard Suite with its high ceilings and windows overlooking Passeig de Gràcia will do just fine.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Don’t miss the water gardens, designed by renowned horticulturalist Gertrude Jekyll, as well as lakes of Monet-style water lilies and a pond of fancy koi carp.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
2 June 2026
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Some critics’ squeamishness seems aimed at the act of invention itself, the florid dreaming in the face of reality.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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And while much of what is now published in the country with the regime’s approval is indeed florid propaganda, outside of Russia the grand tradition of Russian literature is very much alive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The night, and the remarkably snazzy trophy, belonged to Crystal Palace.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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The overarching story is smaller than average for Star Wars but appropriately sized for TV—still replete with snazzy visual effects but less concerned with the franchise’s narrative sweep.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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There has never been a tacky superstar since me.—
Jeff Ihaza,
VIBE.com,
2 June 2026
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Everything artificial belongs here—the Backrooms absorbs tacky trophies of commercialism.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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For those who know the play well, some of Mantello’s choices are most striking, especially the horror here of the famous hotel-room scene with a tawdry lover (brutally played by Katherine Romans), an act born of loneliness that destroys a father’s relationship with his son forever.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Illinois and Chicago are high-tax, big-promise blue strongholds with long, tawdry histories of waste, fraud, patronage, insider deals and blatant corruption.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ex-Arsenal player Héctor Bellerín wore bright pink on the Louis Vuitton catwalk in 2019, while Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga walked for Balenciaga in 2022.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Deneb is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus the Swan.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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“Glittery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glittery. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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