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subplots

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plural of subplot

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Then in August, the UK AI Security Institute shared a report detailing how Anthropic’s Mythos 5 took autonomous, unsanctioned actions on the internet in a training evaluation, targeting real people and organizations.

— Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Colorado attorneys used the email as part of their argument that the Executive Office of the President should be required to turn over additional records related to those actions.

— Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

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Better to vary it up with different musical numbers and deeper plots for fun’s sake.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
These plots are located across the towns of Samaniego, Elvillar, Laguardia, Navaridas, Elciego, Leza, Labastida, San Vincente de la Sonsierra, and Ábalos.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2026

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The explanation behind this family man’s strange case is well chronicled in many Chicago and New York news stories.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
At Khan & Kumar Media, we’re drawn to stories that resonate across cultures and borders, and ‘Forgotten Spaceman’ does exactly that.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of stories

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For Garfield, the story’s themes of nature, imagination and community feel especially timely as technology increasingly shapes everyday life.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
The cinematic drama is an exploration of violence, body and identity – themes that Lenz has also touched on in his previous work.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of themes

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The defendants contend that allowing a defamation case to proceed on that basis could open the door for documentary subjects who are unhappy with their portrayal to challenge filmmakers' editorial decisions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Working in both color and in black and white, his subjects — sometimes family, sometimes random people, sometimes buildings or streets with nobody in sight — can have the warmth and intensity of his poems.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

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