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On a pretty dead pitch offering very little to the bowlers, the quartet wastefully surrendered their wickets for all that England deserved credit (particularly Archer) for persistence and a generally probing line after what had been a fairly disastrous start to the day from Carse.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2025
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Yet Göring dominates the movie thanks to Russell Crowe’s performance, somehow both indulgently big and dexterously subtle.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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All in all, the whole thing feels indulgently French.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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Likewise, a circumstance all by itself could be the matter of regulating AI makers about allowing their AI to wantonly provide mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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More than 20 years ago, chef Lanny Lancarte II bought a former 1930s duplex on West Seventh Street for a fine-dining restaurant.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Jan. 2026
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The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station are doing fine after the first-ever medical evaluation from the orbital lab, NASA says.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Prodigally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigally. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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