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Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Certainly the humdrum of legislation or bureaucratic rule-marking is nothing like the gossipy speculation about who may or may not bid to lead California as its 41st governor.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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When multiple candidates — often several Democrats — compete for the same seat, they are forced to knock on doors, articulate positions, and energize supporters.—
Grace Rauh,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Learning to Engage McMillon has an almost professorial air that’s articulate, polite and exudes competence — but his skill set was honed by long years of experience.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Great Again movement is looking to sack the musical performance, given their side's voluble objections to Bad Bunny.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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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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In the latter, many on the Christian right have been vocal supporters.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Another draw would not have been enough to satisfy Hurzeler’s most vocal and impatient detractors.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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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 11 Feb. 2026.
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