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Harbaugh is preaching the need for his players to be accountable, to love and prioritize football and to practice harder.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026 -
Raphael’s great image of Paul preaching in Athens, arms outstretched, crowd rapt, could be the Chairman on tour in Greece.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The vinyl boom started in the late 2000s as a more niche trend among audiofiles and indieheads, with alt-rock figures like Jack White serving as early trailblazers evangelizing the format.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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Merrill, a former injection drug user who is in recovery, counts herself among the thousands of harm reduction workers nationwide evangelizing a shift away from needles and toward pipes.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Platitudinizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitudinizing. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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