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Noun
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Burns asked if Becerra bore responsibility for losing contact with tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children who came over the southern border and were placed with often unrelated adult sponsors across the United States by HHS during the Biden administration.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
12 May 2026 -
Why the Sedins would be eager to take on this challenge, this greater level of responsibility and legacy-threatening scrutiny that will come attached to it, at this low point in franchise history, is beyond me.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Any realistic future, extrapolated from the present, will be a scary one, reflecting back to us our own warranted, present-tense vigilance.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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But as long as we fallible humans remain in charge, a degree of vigilance against potential barriers to minority voting is important.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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Hong Kong icon Tony Leung has channeled brooding urban energy for the masterpieces of Wong Kar-Wai, balancing the debonair ennui of Marcello Mastroianni with the quiet watchfulness of Montgomery Clift.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
8 May 2026
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In nine short, potent chapters, Beckerman lays out the essential traits of an effective dissident — loyalty, recklessness and watchfulness, among them — to illustrate how communities of resistance are built from the ground up.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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His quiet tone is not shyness or false modesty but circumspection and a sense of boundaries that imply respect and love for real communication.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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This circumspection was by design.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Responsibleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/responsibleness. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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