For the last 15 or so years, celebrities have been, in general, more trussed up, as red carpets have become a heightened economic prospective for stars and designers alike.
So we should all be braced for the strong possibility that one or two or three of those picks in the first two rounds will be parlayed into slightly lower picks, plus additional picks.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
But as Guardiola braced himself for the same old story, City came to life in a fashion that could define their year.
Spain’s muscular presence at this year’s Berlinale and European Film Market was bolstered on Saturday with an inaugural presentation and networking event organized by the Madrid Audiovisual Cluster in collaboration with the Madrid Film Office and Film Madrid Region.
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Ed Meza,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
The company’s embedding of predictive AI has also bolstered maintenance processes in its physical networks.
The feeling of dread only worsened as teammates carried her first to the sideline, where coaches and trainers eventually carried her to the locker room.
Too weak to resist Echard’s weathering, the works’ protective textile must be buttressed, even if only by common kitchen foil.
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Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
Nearly half of all American men aged eighteen to forty-nine maintain an online sports-betting account, a statistic surely buttressed by a multibillion-dollar advertising blitz.
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