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The agreement, which was hammered out over more than a year, resolves existential questions about TikTok’s future.—
David McCabe,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026 -
Sundance alums who were fortunate enough to have their films become one of the festival’s hot sales say that the alpine dealmaking, often hammered out late into the evening and through the following morning, are an exhausting, yet exhilarating experience.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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The political and economic geography of the copperbelt, the mining zone that snakes under Katanga and northern Zambia, has been fashioned by external forces and outside greed since at least the time of Belgian colonization.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Grammelot, for example, was fashioned like an African cave painting and oriental handwriting.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Pounded (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounded%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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