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Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026 -
Back then, the connection aimed to paint Zayn as a similarly paradigm-shifting artist—a pop icon, sure, but also an avatar of so many sociocultural dynamics.—
Sameer Rao,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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The tactics are commonly associated with South American theft groups known for operating across state lines and moving quickly from one community to another.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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By the end, the movie takes on the hallucinatory feel of an existential horror film, less about where anyone is going than what keeps them moving at all.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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This is particularly important when disposing of sharps such as needles, slides, or broken glass.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Crosby followed Saturday’s two-point performance by producing a goal and two assists as the Penguins had little trouble in disposing of the exhausted and wounded defending champs in a 5-2 victory on Sunday at PPG Paints Arena.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Aliko Dangote plans to expand his refinery into producing key chemicals used in detergents and cleaning products, targeting another import-dependent Nigerian market and positioning the business as a major player in the global supply chain.—
Anthony Osae-Brown,
Bloomberg,
20 Apr. 2026
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Correa walked, positioning perhaps the hottest hitter in baseball as the potential tying run.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Apr. 2026
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In between, Michael Carrick took United to Stamford Bridge and won, putting the club on the brink of Champions League qualification.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Longtime friends and streetwear giants Nigo and Jun Takahashi are putting their minds together once again — and now with Nike in the mix.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
22 Apr. 2026
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After Haley Winn unleashed a wrist shot at the top of the point, Eldridge crashed the net along the left goal line before depositing a loose puck into the back of the net.—
Jason Cooke,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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The former Seymour police union president has been accused of misappropriating more than $30,000 worth of union funds and allegedly depositing some of it into a sports betting app.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
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Others move slowly through the rooms, as if orienting themselves inside a memory.—
Jimmy Jellinek,
SPIN,
7 Apr. 2026
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Seconds spent orienting when a ball is hit to the outfield can lead to a misread or poor jump.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Another part of the campus has dozens of roofs just sticking above the ground as the shingles freeze and bake and are soaked by Mother Nature sometimes for more than a decade for more testing.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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However, not everyone is sticking the landing on this.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Rearranging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearranging. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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