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petit-maître

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as in Beau Brummell

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Much like the advice of Beau Brummell, a close friend of the future King George IV who in the 19th century helped define Royal Ascot’s dress code.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
The original dandy—most famously embodied by figures like Beau Brummell in 18th-century Britain—was a man whose primary purpose was to stand out by being impeccably groomed and dressed.

— Ty Gaskins, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025

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Even as Swift shines in the light of holy matrimony, there are still plenty of lame dudes out there for Taylor to crush across three-minute pop masterstrokes — and, God-willing, there always will be.

— Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
Just as O’Malley and Rahill’s work is infatuated with toxic masculinity and fratty hopecore, Bensinger’s is obsessed with sheepish dude-empaths hiding beneath layers of uneasy bravado.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

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There’s a version of Lysander that is done as a British fop.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
The New Yorker loves and fetishizes its traditions (the monocled fop Eustace Tilley, that stately but sensual Adobe Caslon font), but the magazine’s ultimate tradition is cutting through the scrim of contemporary noise to look reality in the eye, presenting it to the reader with a no-fuss vibrance.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025

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The blade of the hatchet was about three and a half inches long, which was seemingly consistent with the size of the wounds found on Abby and Andrew Borden, per the outlet.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
The meat slicer had old discolored meat residue along the blade and the blade housing.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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The following month, Reinhart posted several sweet pictures of her new beau on her Instagram Stories in honor of his 25th birthday.

— Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Ole Miss arrives off one of the most impactful wins in program history — a takedown of former coach Lane Kiffin and his new beau, LSU, in barn-burner fashion.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

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Sparrows, jays, robins, and mockingbirds are some of the most common species to attack garden tomatoes.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2026
Both birds are members of the Corvidae family, which also includes magpies and jays, and both crows and ravens are famously playful and intelligent.

— Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026

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