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But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.—
Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026 -
For instance, the Alfie who was very serious about Mindy one night before would not suddenly bail because her ex — whom Mindy blocked everywhere — rudely accosted her at her job.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2025
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The film isn’t trying to absorb or recklessly mirror the traumas of the Black family so much as make a case for its nuance.—
Jason Parham,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Officers arrived to find a Jeep Wrangler SUV driving recklessly and doing donuts in the intersection, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit.—
Chase Rogers,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Impudently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impudently. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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