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In a post dripping with arrogance, Lynch dished out demeaning nicknames for her recent opponents.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025 -
This propensity for mental acrobatics, alongside his immense arrogance, was how Epstein rationalized his crimes to himself.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Nico Harrison’s disdain for beloved superstar Luka Dončić is going to end what was once a promising career as a basketball general manager.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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In recent months, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has echoed his disdain for unproductive meetings.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Leader Xi Jinping has pushed to modernize the military, particularly the navy, to challenge US dominance in the South China Sea and assert sovereignty claims over Taiwan.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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This trend suggests to me that the global dominance of English has diminished the need—and, over time, the desire—for native speakers to expand their linguistic terrain.—
Ross Benjamin,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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The kitchen borrowed the ingredient worship of Chez Panisse, but not its reverence for simplicity; the fancy culture-mash pizza of Spago, but not its Eurocentric hauteur; the cheffy precision of the French Laundry, but not its fussy formality.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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As a sleazy, lecherous publicist pinned in a Manhattan phone booth by a faceless sniper on the other end of the line, Farrell goes from smug condescension to breathless victimhood pretty effortlessly.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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This narrative has always been reductive and, frankly, tinged with cultural condescension.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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After all, as Everett reminds us with comic pomposity: The journey matters.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 July 2025
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Right now, his focus is on doing eight shows a week, while injecting a Big Easy swing to the Major General’s pomposity.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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Optimistic Miami Dolphins fans — assuming there are any left right now; forgive the presumptuousness — could find a way to be (relatively) encouraged coming out of Thursday night’s game.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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