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According to the Closing Line, a substack that monitors prediction markets, 91 percent of all of Kalshi’s trading volume is on sports, however entertainment is a rapidly growing share of the pie.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026 -
In the fray of its last weeks, owner Michael Taix monitors the line, helps seat guests and even jumps behind the bar to mix cocktails.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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When Claire and Frank retreat to Inverness on holiday following the end of WWII, Frank spies the spectre of a Highlander staring up into Claire's window that abruptly vanishes.—
Amy Wilkinson,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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Alma peers through a keyhole and spies her mother (Susanne Wuest) standing before a candlelit shrine to the family’s dead.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Nov. 2025
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“Surveils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveils. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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