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Adjective
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The loss of A’Shawn Robinson is a glaring one at the moment, and replacing the 2024 sack leader should be a priority in April.—
Mike Kaye
March 26,
Charlotte Observer,
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But in one of the biggest upsets in figure skating history, Malinin fell twice and made other glaring mistakes in a disastrous free skate, falling from first to eighth place.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This year has been good but not spectacular for the vivid orange flowers in the high desert region.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The 2027 Corvette Grand Sport and hybrid Grand Sport X will muscle into showrooms this summer, fit with a spectacular sixth generation of the Chevy small-block V-8 that first powered a Corvette in 1954.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2026
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Thoreau can be a tough read, [especially] Walden, with all that florid 19th-century prose.—
Thor Christensen,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Early in 2024, taggers began turning its skyscrapers into canvases for florid graffiti art.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Having undergone an extensive 2024 renovation, each of the 259 rooms (including 42 suites) are bright and airy, with textures and colors inspired by the Canadian landscape.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Beyer, who has a warm smile and bright-pink glasses, did not hide her satisfaction.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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So the Armstrong team employed a series of tests involving fancy scales and gently tipping the capsule.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Our toilets are fancy outhouses, with all waste being transported off the continent.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The electricity of this Ivanov can sometimes give it a lurid, Frankenstein-ish quality, and the unabashed intensity works.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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While there’s nothing particularly distinctive stylistically or otherwise about her investigative storytelling here, the film pulls us into its narrative quest, avoiding the more lurid external trappings of standard true-crime entertainment.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Illinois and Chicago are high-tax, big-promise blue strongholds with long, tawdry histories of waste, fraud, patronage, insider deals and blatant corruption.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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And there’s something offensively tawdry that all of this is in mere service of extracting rent.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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With a snazzy woodgrain finish, HP's new line of OmniDesk towers harkens back to an older era of computing on the outside while delivering modern-age components and performance.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Folks can option the Corolla Cross with AWD ($1,400), a convenience package with a power liftgate and moonroof ($1,250), JBL premium audio ($800), and snazzy paint like my tester’s Soul Red Crystal ($475).—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Overbright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbright. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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