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Ben Wang delivers a breakthrough performance in the title role as a kid who tries to conquer his anxiety issues head-on by running for class president.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
According to his lawyer, Jimenez was trying to encourage the agents to wrap up before the kids arrived.
The look—a skintight black bustier dress with a trompe l’oeil crocodile tail on the front and a bursting cloud of white tulle at the back—first appeared in January on Roseberry’s couture runway for the label.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
4 Mar. 2026
In August 2024, police said human remains were found inside a large crocodile suspected of killing a tourist in Australia.
We Pekingese are reared on shark fins, curlew liver, and the breast of quail; for drink, the milk of antelopes that pasture in imperial parks.
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Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
The land, which is home to herds of pronghorn antelope, mountain lions, wolves, mule deer and groves of aspen trees, was originally planned for geothermal development when Santa Clara city leaders bought it nearly 50 years ago.
Instead of masking smells with fragrance sprays, which can stain or stiffen sheepskin, all of our experts suggested using baking soda and cornstarch for removing odors.
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Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
21 Feb. 2026
The sheepskin lining and insole keep toes toasty when temperatures drop—perfect for transitional seasons—while the sole provides lightweight, all-day support.
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Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
Various dispatches placed Stahr and his wife, Cora, close personal friends of then-team owner William Smith, at the Indians' training grounds in Florida and Arkansas — the latter of which were reportedly sandwiched between an ostrich farm and an alligator farm.
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Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
The image harkens back hunters using Black children as alligator bait, a practice portrayed in old illustrations and recorded in oral histories.