But beneath this viral joke among African Americans lurks a hidden history of slavery, voodoo, and rebellion.
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Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, a manipulative judge, Roland Brack (Nicholas Pinnock), lurks around the fringes, hoping to seduce or even blackmail the electrically attractive Hedda.
Two incumbents — west Charlotte’s Thelma Byers-Bailey and Summer Nunn, whose district snakes along the county’s southern border — chose not to run for reelection to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education.
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Josh Bergeron,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
In its search for ample sunlight, the species tightly snakes up trees.
The four libertines are fascists engaged in a last orgy of terror as the country slides from their control.
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David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Inside, pale marble and granite play against chestnut beams, keeping the spaces bright but grounded, while floor-to-ceiling glass slides open to the landscape, drawing the eye to the sea and surrounding hills.
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