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Without those contributions, McCarthy wouldn’t have been standing at the lectern with the swagger that masks how hard his road has been.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025 -
This cavalier approach masks an earlier struggle.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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It was utilized across many ancient civilizations for artwork, as well as preserving and tanning animal hides.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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Basil, of course, is far from perfect, a rude, neurotic, accident-prone manager who insults guests, hides his gambling winnings from his wife and organizes an elaborate impersonation of her when his surprise anniversary party backfires.—
Rhett Bartlett,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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The extra fat tissue secretes more estrogen in the body, which can help cancer cells grow and multiply.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
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Such mismatched windows can be a sign that an interior wall conceals unused space or that a room has been sealed off during renovations.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Thick and fast-growing, the greenery conceals a chain-link fence that helps with crowd control between the stands and field.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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However, the headline advance obscures the weakness below the surface, a growing concern for investors.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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For the next few minutes, the tree obscures at least one of the men.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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But this is a production that tends to let the eye wander toward a horizon line, and which cloaks its actors, in Adam Honoré and Donald Holder’s lighting design, in shades of purple and orange as their voices echo across the stage.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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The new Crystalium edition cloaks that signature architecture in a black DLC case while layering in high craft.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Holds (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holds%20%28in%29. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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