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or sockdologer
as in beauty
something very good of its kind
the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description
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Why the at-home mani pedi trend is growing Three forces are driving the shift, including DIY beauty habits that stuck after the pandemic, the rising price of salon services and a steady stream of social tutorials that make at-home nails feel achievable.
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His belief in functional beauty can be found throughout the hotel’s 14 suites, which wow with their industrial bones, Nordic design staples, and soulful bronze figures by sculptor Hanne Varming.
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With so much else to rebuild, a baseball season in 2026 seemed like more than a dream.
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Their dream houses have ocean views, swimming pools and four or more bedrooms, which may be hard to find.
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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.
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The corker: Of that total, AI accounts for $26.5 trillion or 93%.
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The book is full of many such humdingers.
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This polyphonic novel already has a chorus, thanks to its humdinger cast of ensemble characters.
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These unprecedented high temperatures, which can affect human, animal and plant health, as well as several industries, are due to a weather phenomenon known as an omega block.
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Earthquakes are natural phenomena that typically happen at the boundaries of Earth’s tectonic plates.
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Durica said the event that shaped the world leaves behind much more than a board game and a marvel of engineering.
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The Amazing Race is a program that used to win this category year over year, and is considered a production marvel.
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Mikhail might have shuffled off this mortal coil early, but his spirit lingers in a lollapalooza gallery that represents in flavor and type, though not in exact content, Impressionist salons in the 1870s into the early 1880s.
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Worries about Trump’s button finger were seeping out of Washington even before the book lollapalooza.
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Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping.
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Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.
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