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As things have simmered down since then, Keke Palmer recently reignited the feud when Shields and Remy appeared on her Baby, This Is Keke Palmer podcast.
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Although the battles pitting employers versus employees on the topic of remote work are sometimes perceived as heated in popular press reports, for most employers, this debate has simmered down considerably.
—Carine Harb, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
By the fall, much of the tension had simmered down.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
The book didn’t see the success The Bermuda Triangle enjoyed, and the chatter of a paranormal passage in Lake Michigan simmered down until the 1990s.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Although the battles pitting employers versus employees on the topic of remote work are sometimes perceived as heated in popular press reports, for most employers, this debate has simmered down considerably.
—Carine Harb, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
By the fall, much of the tension had simmered down.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
The book didn’t see the success The Bermuda Triangle enjoyed, and the chatter of a paranormal passage in Lake Michigan simmered down until the 1990s.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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