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Recent Examples of slinksAnne slinks off with her husband.—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 Route 128 slinks through the folds of Anderson Valley like a slow river, past vineyards clinging to hillsides and orchards heavy with apple blossoms come spring.—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, a manipulative judge, Roland Brack (Nicholas Pinnock), lurks around the fringes, hoping to seduce or even blackmail the electrically attractive Hedda.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
Behind all of the concern about the mental health of Ukrainian children lurks a bigger question regarding the generations too young to have taken part in the unifying 2014 revolt against Russia.
But when a famous author sneaks into town and a body is found in his penthouse apartment, cunning fox investigator Vera Vixen must piece together what happened.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Determined, Khaled sneaks into Israel and embarks on a journey to the sea.
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