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Recent Examples of purple passageWriters inevitably fall in love with their more purple passages.—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Most companies don’t like to promote their failures, and canceling Police Squad was undeniably a dumb move, so ABC/Disney is unlikely to want to resurrect the kind of sound bites like in the article linked above.
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Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
Slamming Trump is Democrats’ favorite hobby, and whipping up a frenzy over retirement funds and Social Security payments makes for good sound bites aimed at the base.
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Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2025
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