Images of Merlin parading through Mexico City, wearing a Mexican national team jersey — and socks — as thousands of fans celebrated, quickly went viral, racking up millions of views across social media.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
Now Lestat has joined them, parading his vampirism to anyone who buys a ticket and drawing more and more ire from his law-abiding peers.
At around the same time down in London, England’s vice-captain Harry Brook was striding to the crease to join Root at 40-3.
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Hector Vickers,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
Before Kaia Gerber and Olivia Rodrigo became inseparable from their Repetto ballet pumps, Gainsbourg was striding around in the brand’s lace-up Zizi style–now the shoe of choice for art school girls (and a certain Marc Jacobs).
Initially, both teams looked to be treading carefully, wary of a misstep now in the knockout stage.
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Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
By treading lightly with finishes, opening up the loft area to more light, and getting clever with storage, Marie channeled the unit’s coastal locale, conjuring up an aesthetic lexicon that suggests the interior of a boat with its clean, functional lines.
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Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar,
Architectural Digest,
23 June 2026
In this week's edition of Far-Flung Postcards, NPR's Vincent Ni takes readers to central London's Waterloo Place, where a life-size Banksy installation depicts a suited man marching over a precipice while hoisting a flag.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
1 July 2026
Demonstrators express frustration Protesters marching through Johannesburg’s city center Tuesday included young men carrying traditional fighting sticks and women of all ages.
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Michelle Gumede,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
But birding at this landfill does not mean traipsing through the trash.
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Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.
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