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And for looking put-together post-red-eye, the Niasso Portable Travel Steamer is $23 (originally $36) and tucks neatly into a weekender.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025 -
But Heberlig argued the transportation debate didn’t break down neatly along partisan lines.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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The film smartly foreshadows what will befall Alma and Maggie and Hank.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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So this is clearly now a multi-year rebuild; any hopes that this could be a patch-job (smartly filling a few needs but keeping most of these players) logically were eliminated in lopsided losses to Pittsburgh and New England.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2026
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In one such cord-and-mirror series, he is nattily dressed in a plaid oxford shirt and a necktie.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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The men and boys who benefited from this bounty of foreign assistance were themselves strikingly polyglot and pluralistic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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This predominantly white oak home follows suit, with strikingly—and soothingly—little deviation.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
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Filled with richly varied locales and only three hours ahead of Central Standard Time, Brazil seemed tailor-made.—
María Cristina Lalonde,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
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Traditionally eaten on New Year's Day—whether cooked with black-eyed peas or collard greens—this richly marbled cut of pork is both a comfort food and tradition.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
26 Dec. 2025
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Gerbera daisies abhor overhead irrigation that can lead to mildew problems and grow splendidly when surrounded by gravel or wood chips.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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Before attending the show, Streep and Wintour, 75, met each other and the pair appeared to get along splendidly, as seen in a video posted on Instagram by Vogue.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Assadi’s novels are lyrical and gorgeously original—this novel reads as poetry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Paralleling the women's insistence on beauty in the face of devastation, the clip is also visually beautiful, each shot framed and colored gorgeously.—
James Factora,
Them.,
12 Dec. 2025
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The first volume cast a wide net, encompassing iconic composers from Brazil (Jobim), Chile (Violeta Parra), and Argentina (Piazzolla), with Venezuela conspicuously not represented.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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This year, too many new shows, specifically from the second-half of 2025, were conspicuously absent from the Actors Awards.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Spiffily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiffily. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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