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Holy rara avis, Batman!—
Peter Mehlman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Nov. 2020 -
Sitting in the center, with a passenger seat to the left and right, the lucky driver will feel equally at home in the US, the UK or anywhere a long stretch of pavement invites this rara avis to soar.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
21 June 2021
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Paring payroll and procuring prospects took precedence, prompting wonder whether that run could be waning.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Squid Game could have been a one-season wonder instead of a three-season bummer.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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There’s a fear of overloading the prodigy, who played 55 games in 2024/2025 and 50 games in the campaign before that, with Ansu Fati’s fall from grace a cautionary tale of putting too many minutes in young legs.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Pitt stars as Sonny Hayes in the F1 movie — a former F1 driver who came out of retirement to mentor the young prodigy Joshua Pearce, played by Damson Idris.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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The new see-through marvels of the Temporis Duo Grand Complication Openface add to Vacheron’s rich history of minute repeaters and complications, and like the Solaria, is a piece unique for one collector to savor.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
25 June 2025
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This compact fan is a slim, rechargeable marvel intended to keep you cool.—
Jené Luciani Sena , Caitlyn Martyn
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23 June 2025
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“Rare bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rare%20bird. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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