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Noun
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His actions were neither political nor partisan, but patriotic.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 May 2026 -
Criminal charges are being pursued in connection with the firearm, accessibility of it to a child, and actions taken after the incident.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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There’s a long lineage of revenge plots in fiction and drama and film, of course.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
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Cinematographer Mátyás Erdély’s gaslamp wash makes the whole thing visually alluring, but the story up to this point is one of malformed double entendres, as Moulin and his cohorts react to more important plots unfolding elsewhere in the war.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 May 2026
Noun
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There’s no better time to swap scary stories than when the wind is howling and candles are flickering.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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The story traces the interconnected lives of three gay men across three eras — 1932, 1937, and 2017 — braiding together stories of desire, loss, and what one generation bequeaths to the next.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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The basic themes of Hearst’s life and the novels that dramatize it remain distressingly relevant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Marcus Morris-Eyton, a portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, said the sector’s recent selloff has created more attractive entry points into long-term military spending themes.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
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Divided into themes of grief, fear, hope, joy, and sadness, contributing multimedia artists selected with the curator and artist Yaara Sachs from an open call, are presenting works about subjects ranging from epilepsy, PTSD, and homelessness.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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Based on the new footage, however, Myrie appears to be playing one of (if not the) first Black test subjects injected with V1.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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“Subplots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subplots. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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