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In the series, Graham portrays Eddie, a working-class father of two in England whose 14-year-old son (played by an excellent Owen Cooper) is arrested for murdering his female classmate.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
22 May 2025 -
Mahnaz’s son is a Tasmanian devil spinning his ticking time bomb energy into entrepreneurial pursuits (running a gambling ring at school), bullying classmates and yelling at any adult that interferes with his forcefield.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
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Thorne was the co-creator of Adolescence, the four-part Netflix hit fictional drama about a family broken when their teenage son is charged with the stabbing of a schoolmate.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
10 May 2025
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Image Over the years, as Mr. Combs tended his back story, old friends and schoolmates noticed that Mount Vernon had been downgraded, with Mr. Combs emphasizing his Harlem roots above all else.—
Ben Sisario,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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But Xu and her colleagues would need far more evidence than just two people in a trial that enrolled a total of eight, so that research remains ongoing.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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For these more serious cases, Soni and his colleagues work closely with the university’s mental-health center and even walk students to a counselor’s door themselves.—
Cornelia Powers,
The Atlantic,
18 May 2025
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LeBron James and new playmate Luca Dončić have given the Los Angeles Lake Show life.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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For kids, anger often shows up when something doesn't go their way—like when a playmate grabs their toy.—
Jenna Autuori-Dedic,
Parents,
11 Apr. 2025
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Here’s the good news, comrades, and a nifty solution for those who want to take in the usual touristic haunts--Disneyland, Universal Studios Tour, etc.--without reaching for the blood pressure pills every ten minutes.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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But who exactly is The Sentry, what are his origins, powers, and comrades in the fight against justice, and what’s the deal with his evil subconscious manifestation, The Void?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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In that case, a lawyer had prepared an outline of the brief for the associates assigned to write it.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Louise Phillips Forbes, an associate broker at Brown Harris Stevens, remembered trying to sell a townhouse like this, at 70 Perry in the West Village, in 2023.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
22 May 2025
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One of the Indonesian shipmates recalled a time when a North Korean colleague was finally allowed to go home.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Simpson as clone Walton gamely boasts a long, scraggly wig and barely-there sarong until he’s rescued by his shipmates.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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In interviews, the soldiers complained of lack of leave, corruption among superiors and the indifference of their compatriots.—
Anatoly Kurmanaev,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Their compatriot Jainul Abedin founded Abyom SpaceTech and Defence in 2020.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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“Schoolfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolfellow. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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