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Both are elite operatives able to charm their way into a room full of guards or kick their way out of one, and both are linked to a shadowy organization powerful enough to shape world events.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025 -
Plastic Beauty is set in the glamorous and shadowy world of plastic surgery, and follows Matsuoka as Fumi Numata, a gifted surgeon whose circumstances push her to shift from general surgery to aesthetics.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2025
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And somehow that memory — faint and indistinct — might surpass anything Tim Burton might have been able to craft.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
14 July 2025
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But even that latter monster showed only a shimmering red blob of a planet with shifting, indistinct imagery.—
Rod Pyle,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
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There have been studies done that show some randomness to red-zone success — or that year-to-year correlation is pretty faint.—
Sam McDowell
August 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Aug. 2025
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Monday's haze, while less dramatic, still obscured visibility and left a faint scent of smoke lingering in the air.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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The White House, however, remains noncommittal despite calls from some lawmakers, including Senator Lindsey Graham, to back tougher sanctions on Moscow.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Asked whether the department may adopt some of Boise’s initiatives, McWhorter was noncommittal.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
10 June 2025
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Meanwhile, ancient castles rise from misty riverbanks—like Trim and Kilkenny—as woolly sheep graze across emerald pastures.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Alishan Forest Railway is one of the most unique ways to see Taiwan, and offers a scenic, nostalgic ride through misty mountains.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
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His analysis illustrated the highly uncertain nature of where tariff policy is leading.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Quantum technology is still years from achieving broad commercial viability, making future revenue streams uncertain.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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My ideas around him were vague and uninformed, mostly of the stiff host tolerating the younger acts.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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The law is vague and broad and included no room for considering the literary merit of the work, and so the result was a wave of book bans across the state.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Because for now, the Patriots’ future is foggy except for two truths.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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You’re supposed to be the steady hand on the wheel, even when the road ahead is foggy.—
David Ko,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Sphinxlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sphinxlike. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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