as in follows
to act according to the commands of
the new president has everyone goose-stepping to her every whim lest they provoke her wrath
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Anything else should be treated as the equivalent of the God-of-the-gaps argument, and what follows is an explanation as to why.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Based on Devantez’s award-winning 2020 short film of the same name, which was a SXSW official selection and won Best Comedy at the HollyShorts Film Festival, Basic follows Gloria (Park) and Nick (Smith), who go through a painful breakup.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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With analog simulators, physicists map a quantum system of interest onto an analogous system — one that obeys equations of the same form but is easier to configure and observe in a lab.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Goose-steps (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-steps%20%28to%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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