But the demonstrations are diffuse and largely leaderless, and Pezeshkian’s efforts at mediation — and the killings and arrests by security forces — have not persuaded the protesters to stay off the streets.
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Henry Austin,
NBC news,
7 Jan. 2026
The paintings worked because viewers did not need to be persuaded that these scenes mattered.
Released in 1994, Sátántangó (based on László Krasznahorka’s novel) chronicled an impoverished Hungarian village that becomes seduced by a would-be prophet who has seemingly come back from the dead.
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Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
This year, we were seduced by silver trays and a new take on the TV-dinner table.
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Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
26 Dec. 2025
Earlier this month, TechCrunch reported that Threads had lured more daily mobile users worldwide than X, citing data from Similarweb.
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Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2026
They are joined by new series regulars Rodriguez, Moyer, Lyons, who plays a former spy lured out of retirement, Morrison and Callum Vinson as well as Albert Jones, Horton and Evans-Akingbola who have been promoted to series regulars.
An Associated Press investigation found that unwitting Bangladeshi workers were enticed to Russia under the false promise of civilian work before being thrown into combat in Ukraine.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
An Associated Press investigation found that unwitting Bangladeshi workers were enticed to Russia under the false promise of civilian work before being thrown into combat in Ukraine.
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Kamila Hrabchuk,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Renee Nicole Good was a pawn of leftist politicians and activists who beguiled her into believing that ICE officers are the bad guys and that there is virtue in attacking them, breaking the law and resisting arrest.
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Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Jan. 2026
OpenAI took a step on one of these items Tuesday, announcing a model that predicts whether a user is a minor based on their behavior and usage patterns — a challenge that has beguiled the tech industry for decades.
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