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Adjective
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Fifty-six games into Brown’s tenure as head coach, the Knicks still don’t look connected on offense, no more glaring example apparent than Karl-Anthony Towns’ lack of involvement against a team without any veteran player 6-foot-9 or taller.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Blending technology and old-fashioned instruction Among Colorado’s weaknesses last season, starting pitching was the most glaring.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
19 Feb. 2026
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Their spectacular comeback at Crystal Palace, a 3-2 win from 2-0 behind, told us that.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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And the spectacular wildlife doesn’t end there.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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There’s folks that tend to be more florid and folks that are more Hemingway-esque.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2025
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Neolithic art in Orkney tends to be angular and abstract—less florid than the spirals seen in Irish tombs.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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Keep your flowers in a location that is bright but avoid direct sunlight, and keep them away from drafts, or entryways where large temperature fluctuations are likely.—
Heather Zidack,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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Instead of blasting its outer layers into space in a bright explosion, its inner core appears to have collapsed inward completely, forming a black hole directly.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Feb. 2026
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So Cote smiled when a fellow tourist with a fancy camera approached.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Nothing fancy here, but boy, is the haircut intriguing.—
Krista Carter,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The free flow of information is the lifeblood of the world’s third largest financial center, after New York and London, and Apple Daily — for all its lurid crime stories and salacious gossip — was among a litany of outlets holding government officials to account.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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And yes, there’s a temptation to be just as lurid as the father in doing so, because what director Karim Aïnouz achieves here visually is unreal in every sense of the word.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2026
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Jones envisioned the show as more light-hearted than those of her competitors, weaving comedy skits and bawdy humor in with the tawdry affairs of her guests.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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Mad Men’s Sally Draper, and Stranger Things’ Charlie Heaton—for a tawdry, deceptive, disastrous hookup.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Jan. 2026
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Still, among your eclectic array of potential prospects, someone is also drawn to your originality and your snazzy ideas.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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That's right, Marathon is back and looking snazzier than before.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Overbright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbright. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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