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Burnout was romanticized, and ambition was wrapped in excess.—
Dasha Shunina,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Somewhere along the way, what was once romanticized in classics like The Notebook—effort, thoughtfulness, relentless pursuit—has been reframed as unattractive instead of brave.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
14 Jan. 2026
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Scientists were among the intellectuals and researchers who were killed and imprisoned and purged.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The cancellations come after Trump purged the center’s bipartisan board members, just seven days after he was inaugurated into office in 2025.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2026
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Set in a perpetually sunny, idealized England vaguely between the wars, The Code of the Woosters concerns the misadventures of man-about-town Bertie Wooster (stupid, amiable, rich) and his impeccably helpful valet Jeeves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Post-Aristotle, infinity was always idealized, never realized — a philosophical construct at best.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Nov. 2025
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The indoor pool is purified with ozone.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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In the final step of the process, the paste is thawed and purified into a liquid at a high temperature.—
Alice Park,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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For its part, Housewives has sugarcoated neither Gay’s clashes with the Mormon Church and subsequent estrangement from some friends and family members, nor the painful excommunication of her castmate and cousin Whitney Rose.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
12 Nov. 2025
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That independence is crucial for thorough, unbiased assessments and findings based solely on evidence, rather than sugarcoated conclusions that Congress or the president wants.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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From there, the walls had to be opened, the insulation had to be changed out and every horizontal surface had to be decontaminated or replaced.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Afterward, the animals were decontaminated and bathed, and those who experienced the most inhalation are being supervised at a veterinary clinic, Halverson said.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Emmer has been a staunch opponent of Walz for some time, whose antagonism for the governor heightened once Walz became the vice presidential running mate to former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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Exercise heightened caution during this period.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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And many public spaces in the country have been scrubbed of any sign of dissent.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Saturday launch attempt scrubbed under a minute before liftoff because of bad weather in the booster recovery area.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Sanitized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitized. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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