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Her brother, Derek Hough—often positioned as a latter-day Gene Kelley, who has won the most mirrorball trophies in the show’s history—joined the judging panel alongside Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba, and head judge Len Goodman (who passed away in 2023).
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Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 16 Sep. 2025
Oscar nominee Liam Neeson is best known for his intense dramatic roles and latter-day run as an unlikely action hero.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
In le Carré’s second novel, A Murder of Quality, Smiley plays the gentleman detective, investigating a boarding-school murder with the courage and tact of a latter-day Father Brown.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Pinkham is an able and engaging docent on this musical museum tour, in which the 40-year-old core of Chess is used as an ironic vessel for Mayer and Strong’s latter-day arguments about past politics informing present nightmares.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 16 Sep. 2025
Oscar nominee Liam Neeson is best known for his intense dramatic roles and latter-day run as an unlikely action hero.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
In le Carré’s second novel, A Murder of Quality, Smiley plays the gentleman detective, investigating a boarding-school murder with the courage and tact of a latter-day Father Brown.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Pinkham is an able and engaging docent on this musical museum tour, in which the 40-year-old core of Chess is used as an ironic vessel for Mayer and Strong’s latter-day arguments about past politics informing present nightmares.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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In a recent appearance on the Katie Miller Podcast — hosted by the wife of Stephen Miller, who currently serves as homeland security advisor to the White House — Kennedy expressed astonishment that the president is even alive.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Ravens made the playoffs 12 times during 18 seasons with Harbaugh in charge and won the Super Bowl in the 2012 season, a year after the Giants' most recent championship under Tom Coughlin, who also led them to win it all in '07.—
STEPHEN WHYNO,
Arkansas Online,
16 Jan. 2026
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It was added to the campus master plan in March 2025 and will house an extension of A&M’s Visual Production Institute, a high-tech center that will teach students to use cutting edge filmmaking and graphics technology.—
Samuel O'Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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Any disruption could ripple quickly through the country’s automotive and high-tech manufacturing industries.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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At no cost to the city, the developer plans to build a $16 million rooftop vertiport, a futuristic feature that won over at least two commissioners.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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What resulted was a futuristic score infused with sounds from the ’80s.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latter-day. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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