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as in elegance
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While the episode follows Deborah after walking away from her Late Night series, the backdrop and elegance of Singapore follows both characters as Deborah attempts to do standup in a Singapore casino using a translator.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025 -
A touch of flaky sea salt brings effortless elegance and flair.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Trump administration paused intelligence sharing and weapons shipments to Ukraine after the incident.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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But typically, the Russian leader – a former intelligence officer with the Soviet Union’s security service, the KGB – uses translators to avoid speaking in English during diplomatic conversations.—
Katharina Krebs,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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O’Sullivan’s work follows countless other books on Swift’s business moves, songwriting, style choices and everything else in between.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
6 Aug. 2025
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Shane Devon Tamura, 27, stormed into 345 Park Avenue on July 28 armed with an AR-15 style rifle, and carried out the city’s deadliest mass shooting in 25 years.—
Amanda Jackson,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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What solidified Wash’s theme was actually a leitmotif for moments of discovery and Wash’s incredible intellect.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
25 July 2025
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Douglass unleashed his vast intellect, his powerful imagery and an accurate rendering of the Holy Scriptures.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 July 2025
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This means that the light source features red, green and blue lasers that merge for 5,000 ANSI lumens brightness and 110% coverage of the BT.2020 color space.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Aug. 2025
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For brightness and crunch, the salad is tossed with a citrus vinaigrette and, just before serving, garnished with cilantro and smoked almonds.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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Preppy chic wasn’t much of a thing in that neighborhood, though.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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In the 1990s, heroin chic surged in popularity as women flooded law schools, boardrooms, and newsrooms in record numbers — a visual counterpunch to female ambition.—
Anne Marie Chaker,
Time,
18 June 2025
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He’s done a fair imitation of Brown, whose brilliance in 1998 helped to create Petco Park. Before Thursday, the Padres were a good but flawed team, one that stood 11 games above .500 and trailed the Dodgers by three games in the National League West race.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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The new leader is Kenyatta Jackson Jr., who has been waiting in the wings for his chance to step up and has shown flashes of brilliance, albeit in limited snaps.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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Davies’s adeptness at verbal wit and aching melancholy are on grand display throughout The House of Mirth, one of his greatest films.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Aug. 2025
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With a five-octave vocal range, preternatural charm and a razor-sharp wit, Buckley’s extraordinary live performances at downtown clubs became the stuff of legend.—
Tony Gervino,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Smartness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smartness. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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