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Adjective
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Ladd appears as a titular host of the The Marilyn Levens Starlight Celebrity Show, a gossipy figure who grills Nikki.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025 -
There was schadenfreude at One World Trade last week when Carter sold his publication Air Mail for $16 million, primarily in stock, to the gossipy digital new startup Puck — a disappointing exit for a publication that had positioned itself as the digital evolution of Vanity Fair for a new age.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Dahl praised Wolfinger’s articulate filmmaking and ability to balance the film’s tone.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Nov. 2025
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Wu is Harvard educated, the mother of 3, the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, articulate, free of any personal scandals.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
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At Fox, where Kelly once served as a popular primetime anchor, the network’s usually voluble anchors have stayed silent as their onetime colleagues battle it out.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Dec. 2025
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Andy Hicks is a big, voluble, tattooed dude with long straggly hair and beard.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The responses in Bug are very vocal and that is a lot of fun.—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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Hopefuls are judged on musical performance, song choice, vocal abilities, costuming, crowd appeal and authenticity in portraying the real-life Gold Rush character Klondike Kate.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In our culture, right now, people are very quick to be glib, and short, and not lean on the power of language.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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Spectropolis is never glib about the transparent profit motive sustaining such rites.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Tale-telling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tale-telling. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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