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Adjective
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However, such symptoms are hard to attribute to vaccines because infants can be irritable or fussy regardless of vaccination.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025 -
When the caffeine wears off, children may have a headache and feel irritable or tired.—
Dr. Mark Corkins,
Boston Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Shot in Calgary, the show is from Kurt Sutter but the irascible writer-producer stepped away from the drama in October of 2024.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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If the lead-up to Benfica’s visit, and even the game itself, had the feel of a reunion at times, there were still flashes of the irascible Mourinho of old.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Under this heavy transit, your finances and intimate unions are touchy topics.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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What To Know In recent years, mounting economic pressures have also emerged as yet another touchy topic.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There, she is repeatedly scolded, first by a testy parking attendant (Mark Stolzenberg), and then by a doctor (Bronstein), who warns Linda of consequences if her daughter doesn’t soon reach her target weight of fifty pounds.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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The testy exchange comes as Porter leads the race for governor in the Golden State.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Premier League football in the 2000s could be dramatic and explosive, but what the nostalgia for that era ignores is the number of dour, sterile games there were, many of them settled by a goal from a set piece.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Playing the role of a manager to George Clooney’s movie star character in the film, critics have praised him for what is clearly been another step in his evolution as a dramatic actor.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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If Mercedes’ Marisol were less melodramatic and more in tune with the naturalism of her castmates, this could be a truly masterful staging.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
10 Oct. 2025
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Valentin at first doesn’t care but quickly becomes enraptured by the melodramatic story of a magazine fashion editor (Lopez), her assistant (Tonatiuh), a photographer love interest (Luna) and the mysterious Spider Woman (also Lopez).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Indy provides a soulful immediacy in every shot, just by being — no false advertising in the movie’s title — a very good boy.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
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This could result in dialogue that is soulful, poetic and deeply psychic.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Perturbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perturbable. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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