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Traditional narratives obscure the role slavery might have played in Texas’ drive for independence and portray the Alamo’s defenders as freedom fighters.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025 -
The narratives have started to run rampant leading up to the conclusion of the MLB season, and especially with the Dodgers' league-leading payroll and murmurs of an MLB lockout in 2027, one that has begun gaining traction, is that the Dodgers are Goliath and the Blue Jays are David.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t just shot in black-and-white, thus resembling the 1960 meta-commentary on American crime thrillers and pulp fictions in all its monochromatic glory.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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The End, the past year has seen a surge in speculative fictions about super-rich characters who hunker down in expensive isolation as the world burns.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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These are the mothers and fathers who follow their children to campus—not just metaphorically, with daily texts about grades, outfits, or friendship drama, but physically.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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Department officials later told her in texts and emails that delays completing the more detailed review of Rochelle’s home were her fault.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Individual short movies dedicated to each protagonist in which talents share personal anecdotes and holiday memories will also be released as part of the campaign.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Neville manages to squeeze some truly intimate anecdotes out of McCartney, who is as widely documented and interviewed as any public figure alive.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
27 Oct. 2025
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But like all good yarns, the legend has continued to evolve.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Sethi said that one of the things that appealed to REI was the quality of some of the yarns Ambercycle had been experimenting with for applications such as technical outerwear and performance laminates.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Oct. 2025
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As Willis pointed out, most esthetics programs still rely on outdated textbooks.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
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Mykola has spent thousands of dollars on qualifying exams, including textbooks, credential verification and application fees.—
Aditi Sangal,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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As soon as a battle or a war has been fought, victors and losers alike begin to tell different stories.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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The thrill of the unexplained is what prompts so many to take ghost tours, which often tell juicy and sometimes goosebump-inducing stories that give historic sites a richer context.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Horror anthologies are a tradition in British cinema, and this collection of bite-sized frights is the granddaddy of them all.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories series.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Novels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novels. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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