as in beauty
something very good of its kind
a real snorter of an action movie that lives up to all the hype
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Noun
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The artist Theaster Gates, who has paid tribute to Black life and Black beauty in the center’s Forum building with a frieze of archival images from Ebony and Jet magazines, is also a neighbor to the center with his cultural revitalization projects through the Rebuild Foundation.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026 -
Hailey Bieber's beauty brand Rhode is set to host a pop-up kiosk in Newport this month.—
Bailey Allen,
The Providence Journal,
4 June 2026
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Boston’s Freedom Trail is essential part of any trip in this city that’s a walker's dream—as long as the weather holds.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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My dream was always that people are literally catching their breath from laughing.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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The biggest chase of all is the Black bordered one-of-ones, which has been prone to catch pack rippers off guard as they’re focused on adding to their sticker books.—
Andrew Mackie,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
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Quinn Hughes’ ripper allowed the Americans to advance.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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Of course all the business between Patricia and the Boogeyman is just an excuse for Widow’s Bay to stage a corker of a send-up of 1978’s Halloween and slasher movies of its ilk.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Still, the opening episode is a corker.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
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Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2022
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Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
6 July 2019
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The latest private-members country club to have opened in Oxfordshire, wrapped in a Jacobethan hall with parkland, is a humdinger with an instant cachet.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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For the anti-capitalist cognoscenti, McKenzie’s press tour for Everyone Is Lying to You for Money has been a real humdinger.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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The surprise return of Hollis’s childhood sweetheart, played by Timothy Olyphant, is also not uncomplicated.—
Alessandra Codinha,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
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The 32-year-old Kane will have the support from his wife, high-school sweetheart Kate Goodland, and their four children at the tournament.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Last summer, Amy Gleason became a true believer in the wonders of artificial intelligence.—
Elizabeth Dwoskin,
Washington Post,
4 June 2026
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Little wonder, then, that so many candidates see an opening.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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