The effect of all these wildly inventive choices is of a splintered consciousness — and of an image that’s been photocopied so many times its pixels have become blobs.
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Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Mar. 2026
Especially in 2026, when every parking lot looks like a carton of Walmart eggs—endless rows of colorless blobs.
Diners can look forward to menu items like a bay scallop aguachile and a pescado con moles, plus mezcal-forward cocktails from the attached mezcaleria.
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Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
Raccoons, skunks, crows, and moles feed on lawn grubs.
Leon's order, which also included a number of exclamation marks, said the government must get congressional approval before continuing the project.
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Arden Farhi,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
All of those offensive marks were needed for Orlando to leave Dallas on top 138-127 in a high-scoring affair that saw Mavs rookie Cooper Flagg post 51 points, 24 of which were recorded in the fourth quarter.
The dramatist’s mode is broader and brasher, calculated for the sweep of the stage rather than the close-up, with splashes of color and humor that can verge on camp.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
Each one is about the size of a tennis ball, yellow in color with splashes of red, and covered in wart-like bumps, thus the name.
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