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The same aesthetic and spontaneous curves extend to the lobby bar area, which is enlivened by bronze plaster finishes and was achieved with the manual work of mill workers on-site.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026 -
The earthy background palate is enlivened by pops of coral and deep burgundy, the custom furnishings personalized by paintings, sculptures, and gorgeous books.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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And the Gershwin music mirrored his own eclectic tastes, infused with jazz, gospel and the blues, in addition to classical.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2026
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In Lucky Brand‘s case, the circa-1990 apparel company is known to encourage eclecticism, self-expression, and making your own luck through jeans — a hero offering — that not only fit just-so but also come infused with personality-rich touches.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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Once oxygen imbued the atmosphere, evolution selected for organisms that could use it.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
13 May 2026
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While the California vibe is imbued naturally into her work, Jónsdóttir can’t escape the influence of her homeland.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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But with this film, which is not being framed as specifically a kids movie, but an all-audience, four-quadrant epic that happens to be animated, Burke explained that story and the film’s emotional impact need to be front of center.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
15 May 2026
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An anthropomorphic iPod and floppy disk are the stars of the song’s accompanying visualizer, which was directed and animated by frequent collaborator Jonathan Zawada.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
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The Meltdown is suffused with the visual and audio textures of horror, and deliberately so.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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And, come evening, the ocean’s surface is suffused with gold as the sun dips beyond the horizon.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Crate after crate of jasmine is layered into this vat and steeped overnight like tea.—
Cecilia Vega,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Lessons about my culture and history were steeped alongside pots of mint tea.—
Joseph Pool,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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Because of her travels, the new tourist is inoculated against anyone who might try to convince her to hate or look down on people who look different from her, who speak a language other than her own, who pray to a different god, or who happen to live on the other side of a border.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Soil that was hauled in was inoculated with the same microbes and mycorrhizal fungi that thrive in the nearby hills.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Leavened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavened. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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