Irons pounds the drums like Bam-Bam smashing on two garbage-can lids.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
Macron said France is expending diplomatic capital to ensure a return to calm and to allow for the Lebanese armed forces to assert themselves as Israel pounds Hezbollah positions.
Mike Tyson plays a space-cadet version of himself, but the show transcends the one-note premise with its smart deployment of sharp joke writing, stellar voice actors (including Norm Macdonald, who crushes as a pigeon with a drinking problem), and a heavy dose of metafiction.
—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Because these drugs are so precious, new antibiotics are deliberately held in reserve to slow the emergence of resistance, a practice known as stewardship that benefits future patients but crushes commercial prospects.
If one side fragments badly enough, surprises can happen.
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James Ward,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Research by one of us finds that strict land-use regulation induces developers to pursue smaller projects and ultimately fragments the building industry.
Then, just to flub any chance for enjoying some dumb fun with a skilled cast hamming it up, the sloppy story grinds the all-too-predictable, all-too-lame whodunit to a halt, as well.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
That has led to longer regular-season schedules followed by tougher tournament grinds, particularly for those without multi-round byes awarded to top seeds.
Lowend pioneer Munch Lauren once told me that the reason Milwaukee beats sound like that—like the Energizer Bunny strapped to the drums, just a few ticks off from New Orleans bounce—is because folks would literally dance to bounce tracks in the clubs in the early 2010s.
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Mano Sundaresan,
Pitchfork,
20 Mar. 2026
Follow along for highlights as Texas beats Baylor at McCombs Field.
—
Zoe Collins Rath,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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