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Barber then grabs her firearm from her vehicle and Riley's girlfriend also retrieves an item from the vehicle, according to the complaint.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Isabelle slides off Sarah’s lap, flings the towel, pulls on her swimming mask, grabs her mom’s hand and tugs her toward the pool.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Even Super Dog makes an appearance — cape, mask and all — ready to leap into action the moment a snack bag rustles.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, hikers trace goat paths to the secluded Tatevi Anapat Hermitage, where wind rustles through fig trees and the only sound is the echo of footfalls on ancient stone.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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There’s much for delight, but the drama lost steam in a confusing episode near the end, when a Snake (portrayed by Abrahamse) snatches the Prince away.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Maisie is a throw-away child in 1910, captivated by a poster of a magical French carousel, when an aunt snatches her out of poverty and takes her into the home of her wealthy employer, a British lord.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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Oil surges as Iran picks Khamenei’s son as supreme leader, but comes off a tad after the Financial Times reported about talks on a possible coordinated release of reserves.—
Nasteho Said,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Shop our favorite statement picks and goes-with-everything bags to complete every outfit.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, though, she’s still possessed by the spirit of Mary Shelley, whose voice seizes her body with tiresome frequency.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Now, her family must reckon with the consequences as Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) seizes an opportunity to regain her position.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
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By feeding a stodgy institutional figure like Powell into the AI-meme deluge, the internet hijacks the Federal Reserve’s image and accelerates it past the point of professional control.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 Jan. 2026
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All that progress rolls backward if males can take spots on both men’s and women’s teams; this torpedoes Title IX and hijacks women’s sports.—
Alanna Smith,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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But Sanders grasps the politics of an NFL locker room and the mindset of NFL veterans better than anybody.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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When a word feels too abstract, Jacobs shifts the phrasing, lowers the tempo or elongates a syllable until Siena grasps it.—
Reylee Billingsley,
AZCentral.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Row nails the kind of minimalism that feels both deliberate and easy; Khaite balances modern sensibility with timeless tailoring; Loro Piana transforms the most basic essentials into quietly exceptional objects.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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Matas Vokietaitis has two buckets, Jordan Pope nails a 3-pointer, and Texas is off to the hot start that head coach Sean Miller wants.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Shoplifts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifts. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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