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For men this is a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small curtsy.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026 -
In a video taken at the King’s Gallery by Daily Mail reporter Rebecca English, Chatto and King Charles are seen greeting each other with a double cheek kiss, before Sarah dips into a curtsy for her cousin.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
21 Apr. 2026
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Onlookers placed their hands on their hearts and thousands of first responders gave Kilduff a final salute.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
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Meanwhile, the standard annual pass for current members of the military and their dependents shows a photo of Trump from behind, his arm raised in salute.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2026
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One room broadcasts footage of him taking a bow after the winter 1998 Atelier Versace show, which the curators billed as the last public images of the designer before he was gunned down in Miami at age 50.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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Starting on the upper deck, that area has room for both lounge and sunbathing, while a Jacuzzi and additional seating in the bow acts a secluded retreat onboard.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
4 June 2026
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But as wrong-headed as the Court’s obeisance to the executive branch has been (see, for example, its 2024 ruling on Presidential immunity), that deference has its limits.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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After a decade of seemingly supine obeisance, there is no obvious reason why the military leadership would suddenly rouse itself to oppose Xi.—
JONATHAN A. CZIN,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2025
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Girl is always camera-ready with her cute blond bob, sunny yellow dress and matching shoes, holding a blue box of Morton salt in one hand and umbrella in the other for those rainy days.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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This latest take on the bob is set to become a trend this season thanks to its low-maintenance requirements and casual vibe.—
Vanessa Santos,
Glamour,
1 June 2026
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Rooms Each of the Douglas’s 16 rooms has its own distinct color palette, though all nod to the building’s historic roots in a refined, understated way.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
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Wedges—both classic and sculptural—nod to the aughts without feeling overly familiar, while thong silhouettes take on a more elaborate, colorful form.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 June 2026
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That nod to Towns is with all due respect to Jalen Brunson, who has lived up to the Captain Clutch nickname in two straight games.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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Americans, the historian Louis Hartz argued, embraced a common liberal tradition, built around a respect for democracy, property, and individual liberty.—
Yoni Appelbaum,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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For Osaka, blending high fashion into her day job is both a crucial form of self-expression and homage to her predecessors such as Venus and Serena Williams, who caused a stir and defined an era of tennis fashion with their boundary pushing designs.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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There are acid critiques of settler colonialism alongside tributes to the majesty of the American landscape, sober revisitations of enslavement alongside hopeful pleas for liberation, bitter denouncements of intervention in wars abroad alongside quaint homages to homespun Americanness.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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“Salaam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salaam. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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