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This simply wasn’t a group of players with much experience of, or much suitability to, playing 3-4-3.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026 -
In northwestern Thailand, in the Pang Mapha district and Mae Hong Son province, there's yet another example of elevated cave burial – though no cliff suspension is evident, possibly due to the suitability of the environment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Dec. 2025
Noun
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That will always trump respectability politics, which often focus on external actions instead of intrinsic values.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Jan. 2026
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Keith Van Horn Van Horn played a key role in pushing the Nets toward respectability in the early 2000s, giving them a versatile forward who could score from all three levels and carry stretches of the offense.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Homosexuality in China exists in a limbo between social acceptability and taboo.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Nov. 2025
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This behavior often sat on the margins of social acceptability; commentators described the bathers as lewd and unruly, flaunting their bodies and heckling passersby.—
Jacob Beckert,
The Atlantic,
13 Nov. 2025
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My goodness, Tennessee Williams.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Another category to consider adding to your wellness pantry is tonics, highly concentrated shots of goodness stocked with superfoods.—
Andrea Strong,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Jan. 2026
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Age appropriateness matters, Gobet cautions.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Popular Science,
8 Jan. 2026
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An argument over the appropriateness of the scene between Chase and Brown allegedly included an utterance of the N-word by Chase, which led to Brown storming off the set.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Dec. 2025
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When President Joe Biden was in office, the United States did not treat Maduro as a legitimate head of state entitled to diplomatic deference.—
Timothy M. Herbst,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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More recently, the overturning of Chevron deference in Loper Bright (2024) gives judges new bases to substitute their preferred interpretations for those of expert agencies acting on congressional will.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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There’s also a fitness center with a program of high-intensity workouts and more holistic activities such as yoga, Pilates, and Tai Chi.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
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The service has long sought to adopt such standards, but the effort was repeatedly delayed amid broader overhauls of fitness requirements and ongoing debates over how soldiers should be evaluated and how physical demands should be measured across occupations.—
Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The amateur journalist believes Dale Washberg, the black-sheep son of a powerful local family, has been murdered, and Lee is bound and determined to get to the truth, bring down the corrupt Washberg family, and, as an ancillary benefit, bask in the smug satisfaction of his own correctness.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Long before that, Watson scorned political correctness.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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