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The lethal injection took only 12 minutes to complete after Simpson gave his last words.—
Nolan Clay,
Oklahoman,
12 Feb. 2026 -
Nervous hands rummaging for tissues in handbags, sweaty embraces, last words of advice—and then, we were gone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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In truth, their nonstop flowers result in tons of seeds that go everywhere, or their toughness is actually thanks to rampant growth that threatens to smother every living thing in a 10-foot radius.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Feb. 2026
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There’s tons of sizes and lengths available, too.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 2026
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There are several other ongoing furors about the president’s propensity to use his power in unusually personal ways.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Besides the aesthetic, homeowners are also being strategic in their changes, opting for functional improvements over fads.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
19 Jan. 2026
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That builds on similar trends throughout 2025, when the industry buoyed an otherwise slow labor market, as the nation’s hospitals, clinics and nursing homes kept hiring even as many employers pulled back.—
Abha Bhattarai,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2026
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These trends are like the hair equivalent of taking a deep, cleansing spring breath.—
Loren Savini,
Allure,
14 Feb. 2026
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Narrative form, collaborators, physical spaces, and modes of participation become as important as aesthetics.—
Yiling Pan,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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Both with features like adjustable suspension, multiple riding modes, heated grips and seats, and Pirelli tires.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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Shriver’s many strange enthusiasms have provided her with a wellspring of ideas, which in the past have produced highly topical novels—about school massacres, obesity, religion, and, yes, the national debt.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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In public, Newsom speaks often and openly about his errors, fortifying his image as a bumptious, slightly hapless victim of his own enthusiasms.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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