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as in troublesome
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as in pitying
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Darrisaw will be McCarthy's primary blindside blocker, so his missing the game would have been troublesome for the second-year passer.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Let’s aim to stick with the straightforward nomenclature of AI psychosis as the proper phrasing and not meander into a plethora of troublesome variations.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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One of the most poignant choices is to intercut scratchy film of the train that in 1921 transported the Unknown Soldier to Rome in a coffin draped with patriotic banners and flowers, to be enshrined in the Altar of the Fatherland with an eternal flame at the Vittorio Emanuele II monument.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Pitted against the unforgettably evil Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), a sadist who drugs and abuses the unlucky patients in her care, McMurphy’s stand against the oppressive powers that be is tragic and poignant and spoke to the spirit of a time in which so many felt misunderstood.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Between all the aforementioned changes to college sports and the Committee on Infractions' lenient ruling in Michigan football's sign-stealing scandal, now's as good a time as any for Louisville to get started on this.—
Payton Titus,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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The authorities decided to be lenient and return the boats after 11 days, with a citation.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Experts say heavy bomber drones are very useful against non-moving targets, as well as against groups of soldiers or bunkers, but are typically used at night.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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However, the idea that Richardson’s second benching in nine months can somehow be spun into a positive for his development isn’t very moving.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Eventually, when the game came to a merciful close, attention turned back to the health of Guerrero.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Founded in the mid-19th century as a grocery store in Greenwich Village, the bar retains a patina of its early years—the dim interior, wood walls, the merciful lack of thunka-thunk music.—
Harrison Hill,
AFAR Media,
19 Aug. 2025
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His doleful father, portrayed by Paul Dooley in a magically right match of performer and material, despairs for his blithely romantic son’s future.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Wallen is constantly trying to find new ways to navigate the tension between pleasure and piety, Saturday night and Sunday morning, his horniness and his self-loathing—already the grist for a thousand doleful ballads.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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Unfortunately, the plants are not frost-tolerant.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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This drought-tolerant grass grows over 3 feet tall in clumps.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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Among the most affecting discoveries were journals written not just by Octavia but also by her mother.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
2 Sep. 2025
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An absolute charmer, The Tale of Silyan is an affecting look at the human-avian bond, with all its mysteries, warmth and ungainly practicalities.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Ruthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruthful. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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