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Everything seemed to go right for pro football last year, from notching a 10% year-over-year viewership gain to nail-biting finishes to the kind of unpredictability in team rankings that keeps fans glued to live telecasts and shelling out huge dollars to attend games.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
But the intermission that the set change demands seems like an intrusion in a play that could do without the realistic detail.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
But the lost money seemed easier to take than the comments made about Burnes, who won a Cy Young Award in 2021.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Every recommendation seemed to come with a warning to not watch with my parents.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
But the intermission that the set change demands seems like an intrusion in a play that could do without the realistic detail.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
But the lost money seemed easier to take than the comments made about Burnes, who won a Cy Young Award in 2021.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Every recommendation seemed to come with a warning to not watch with my parents.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seem
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Mamdani’s team learned to use the Post to its advantage in limited ways, posting screengrabs of New York Post headlines intended to upset conservative readers that the campaign thought made Mamdani look good.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Whether Justin takes home a Grammy (or more) tonight, his couple’s look with his other half was a winner.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
2 Feb. 2026
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But his new-Dior vibe this year felt fresh and unexpectedly cool—a more casual approach to awards season dressing, though still refined.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
2 Feb. 2026
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Some athletes feel suffocated by the obligations that fame brings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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Competing on a shredded ligament sounds risky for long-term knee health, but that’s not necessarily the case, Daniel Kaplan, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at NYU Langone Health, tells SELF.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
3 Feb. 2026
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Mayhem executive producer Andrew Watt handled guitar, co-producer Cirkut played synth, Josh Freese drummed, and Gaga commanded two keyboards, actively tweaking sounds on a modular synthesizer.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2026
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Video footage that appeared to be taken at the scene captured loud blasts and the sky glowing following explosions that began around midnight and lasted about two hours in the area of Diori Hamani International Airport.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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In June, she was invited to appear before the Federal Trade Commission as a panelist to explain the harms of PGM from a consumer fraud perspective.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Seem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seem. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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