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Amy Madrigan’s buttery blonde lob brightens her face and softens her face-framing grays.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Warm minimalism, Bodron explains, builds on the intentionally edited foundation of traditional minimalism, then softens it through color selections, material choices and finishes.—
Mary Grace Granados
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Jan. 2026
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That put heavy minutes on the five healthy blue-liners and required the Blue Jackets’ forwards to help those defensemen play with minimal physical contact, which only saps more energy.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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An overreliance on tools weakens our civilization (and saps the film’s dramatic thrills).—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Sensitizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensitizes. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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