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Among California’s most upscale neighborhoods, a subtle reshuffling has taken place in recent decades, with the highest home values migrating from Northern California to Southern California.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
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Key Takeaways The symptoms of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM)—a disease of the heart muscle—are often subtle and can mimic those of other heart conditions, especially in the early stages.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
11 Mar. 2026
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In state media comedy shows, jokes about Putin are told from time to time, but they are used to bolster his image as a powerful, cunning leader, and hold up Russia as a great country.—
Neringa Klumbytė,
The Conversation,
4 Mar. 2026
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These ambitious, cunning, and often amoral Cold War operatives were usually marginal or even inconsequential figures at home.—
Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Colleen in the service of good was wilier than the friends of secrecy and found a way to thwart their plan.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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And are a lot of us eager to see Sabalenka try to add a big trophy to the new hardware on her ring finger—against, perhaps, Gauff, who at her best can blunt Sabalenka’s nuclear groundstrokes with her steady perseverance and wily strategy?—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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Engineered as a low-impact tight that moves with you—not against you—a day of artful movement led by Cami Árboles would bring the new design to life.—
Talia Abbas,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
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No one did that better or with more artful affection.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Eluemunor is also a very crafty run blocker.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Haggerty isn’t the most explosive athlete, but was still able to get to his spots with his crafty footwork to find space through the TCU defense.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Mar. 2026
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As Halloween approaches, investors seem fearful that good credit performance may be more trick than treat.—
Telis Demos,
WSJ,
21 Oct. 2022
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If the high cost of it all is more trick than treat for you, here are several ways to turn your already smart home into a spook-tacularly genius haunted house.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA TODAY,
28 Oct. 2021
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That’s what happens with Netflix’s saucy eight-part adaptation of Julia May Jonas’ spicy novel, a sly one that’s intent on elbowing academia in a humorous way.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The shift away from reliability suggests a sly reversal of sympathies from the artist to the do-gooder sibling.—
Elaine Blair,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Dressing for spring can be tricky.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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Dressing a bump can be tricky, but Mosaku shines in the Louis Vuitton sequin gown that hugs her curves.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Subtile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtile. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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