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The Half Moon Bay weigh-off began in 1974, when the California town barely edged out Circleville, Ohio, in an amiable contest for the fictitious title of pumpkin capital of the world.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
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However, beneath the makeup, amiable veneer and his seemingly normal brickfront home lurked unbelievable darkness — and a putrid odor that ultimately did him in.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Doctors sent Jake Latimer home after he was bitten by a banded sea krait, a docile but highly venomous snake.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
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However, because the animals' natural habitats share some overlap and both have similarly docile dispositions, zoos often group howlers and capybaras together.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
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Until recently, their goal has been to attack the more tractable pure delivery market with a custom delivery robot about half the size of traditional cars.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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These prove out Fielder’s intuition that aviation safety depends on candid cockpit conversation, a particularly high-stakes—and, crucially, perhaps tractable—example of Fielder’s over-all preoccupation with the fear and anxiety that inhibits genuine communication.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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There’s a difference, school leaders said, between building the confidence of girls, whom society expects to be obedient and agreeable, and building the confidence of boys, who get different societal messages.—
Melanie Asmar,
Denver Post,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Tyrell Corporation, a powerful company that created the replicants and profits from sending them to work on distant colonies, sees them as nothing more than obedient workers.—
Claire A. Simmers,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2025
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Less than a year after Poor Things — and a mere three months since that movie won multiple Oscars — Lanthimos reunited with Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Margaret Qualley for a demented triptych organized around dominant-submissive relationships.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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The country wasn’t being run, and laws weren’t being made, by people who endorse the idea of submissive women with great enthusiasm.—
Megan Angelo,
Glamour,
20 Oct. 2025
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Mister is by nature a friendly doggie who is always sweet and obliging when strangers want to pet him.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Aug. 2025
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Since their arrival this week, members of the guard have spent much of their time posted near landmarks and standing next to armored vehicles, amiably obliging tourists who request selfies.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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Maryland’s appeal points to Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which instructs federal judges to be highly deferential in evaluating state criminal convictions.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
24 Sep. 2025
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The joke was neither too harsh nor too deferential.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Hulk wasn’t very compliant.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Accessibility and Sustainability Colony Club has one ADA-compliant guest room.—
Kate Van Dyke,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Ruly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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