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as in crooning
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as in insulting
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The minute-long clip, shared on June 10, shows Langley crooning the late '90s ballad while accompanying herself on piano.
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The camera pans to Cody crooning while strumming his guitar throughout the video.
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Shame on me for insulting a human being for doing their job.
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The two-minute trailer includes a recreation of the famous sailor-kissing-a-nurse photo from V-J Day, a woman insulting David’s butter churning, some trench warfare repartee about the looks of a soldier’s love back at home, the Boston Tea Party, and jokes about child labor.
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The governor, Tim Walz, defeated for the Vice Presidency, gets on TV, his voice quavering, saying the right things, speaking the truth, and advising courage.
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The combination of quavering flutes and solemn, unfamiliar corridors is disquieting.
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For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.
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How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?
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Rock Harbor to Daisy Farm Campground This trail almost entirely follows the coast for 7 miles, with a soundtrack of lapping waves, trilling loons, and the occasional outboard motor.
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In a now-viral clip, Carpenter overheard someone from the crowd trilling during her set for Weekend 1 and asked if the audience member was yodeling.
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Her book is divorced from reality, disparaging and riddled with false claims.
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Her book is divorced from reality, disparaging and riddled with false claims.
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The stock market gains that have helped keep the economy humming have exacerbated the yawning wealth gap.
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Brynjolfsson is teaching overflow classes about AI and technological progress, as well as running a humming lab tracking AI’s effect on workers, firms, and human welfare.
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The remark was meant to be an insult, belittling a company that seemed to care more about hardware profit margins than design and innovation.
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Meeting a partner’s family can be challenging in any circumstance; anxieties about a family member saying something rude or belittling can only compound that.
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“Slurring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurring. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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