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The Testaments The Testaments picks up 15 years after The Handmaid’s Tale’s June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) led Boston in a successful revolt against Gilead.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026 -
The difference, according to him, is that, unlike Lenin’s Communist revolution, the right-wing revolt will empower people who are good.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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His shrieking reactions to his wife’s savagery throw into relief his good nature and her perversity.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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For me, there’s always the perversity of getting on a trendy bandwagon and just liking it for the irony.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, she was profiled by multiple magazines for painting the January 6 insurrection.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Facing insurrection charges, Kimbangu was sentenced to death.—
Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Letter writer worries mom’s stubbornness will limit visits just as parents are aging.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
3 Apr. 2026
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As for her training, the stubbornness of this dog mix hasn't been an issue.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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The natural obstinacy and rebelliousness of Israa’s teenage years are hyperaccelerated by culture clashes with both her family and the other kids around her.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2026
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The White House does not seem to have a workaround to Putin’s obstinacy, and Rubio told Hannity that all other parties seeking to end the conflict are hopeless.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Dec. 2025
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Amnesty International cited survivors as saying that at least 100 people were killed in the airstrike on Saturday on a village in Yobe state, near the border with Borno state, which is the epicenter of the jihadi insurgency that has ravaged the region for over a decade.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The insurgency is of particular interest to the U.S. as Mozambique has moved to the top of the U.S.’s priority list in Africa after years of neglect, according to the Wilson Center, a nonpartisan think tank.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Apr. 2026
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The ur-mutiny, encompassing some of these, provoking and provoked by others, is MAGA.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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That mobility occasionally allowed for communication and coordination during mutinies.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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When a smallpox outbreak struck in the 1890s, the island became an isolation area for the sick.—
Jordan Charbonneau,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
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The process has stalled further since the outbreak of the war in the Middle East.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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