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Adjective
As for her glam, the former Pussycat Dolls member styled her hair in a tight chignon with strands of her raven black tresses to frame her face.—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 Apr. 2025 Zegler’s hair was coifed by Clayton Hawkins, with wisps of her raven black tresses to frame her face.—Julia Teti, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025 Emma Stone chopped off her long, raven waves—showing off her new ‘do while walking the carpet at the 2025 Golden Globes.—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025 The little deer struggles to find food as winter approaches, and her raven friend refuses to share its bounty.—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for raven
Defenseman John Carlson made a weak play off his forehand along the left-wing wall that was devoured by Ivan Barbashev, who snuck the puck past Granlund to Dorofeyev for a goal from the slot.
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Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
Tom Sturridge, though, sweeps in to devour the screen as fictional oligarch Dmitri Sidorov, a flashy sort who drives a wedge between Baranov and his romantic interest Ksenia (Alicia Vikander).
The interiors feature blue calcite marble in the bathrooms, dark ebony wood and leather accents in the main area, and in-room amenities including Bang & Olufsen speakers and Byredo toiletries.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
Told with exacting restraint yet as layered as the lacquer on an ebony Biedermeier console, this forms a loose triptych with Pawlikowski’s last two features, Ida and Cold War, both of which were set at least partly behind the Iron Curtain.
The actor Marisa Abela plays her in a binary state of panic and swagger by sobbing like a dejected child or slyly grinning like one who’s about to wolf down an ice-cream cake.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
Patrons grab coladas and cortaditos to kick-start their mornings, while others wolf down breakfast platters for sustenance or arrive on their lunch breaks for pan con bistec or Cuban sandwiches, maybe a burger or palomilla steak.
Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
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Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2026
Energy efficiency and carbon reduction were a big part of the pitch, as terrestrial data centers gulp enormous amounts of power and millions of gallons of coolant water.
When Kamyar, her co-department-head and dear friend, broaches his upcoming parental leave, Gabrielle’s response is one part scoffing to ten parts guilt-tripping.
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Jon Frosch,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
In this sense, the burger music insult springs from a gut sense that the artist’s success depends on listeners who’d scoff at the more experimental musicians who paved the way and haven’t spent time or effort learning about the scene’s origins.