as in gossipy
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In Finlay Donovan Plays with Fire, Finlay faces the disappearance of her gossipy neighbor, Stacey Pickens, after the two have an altercation.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026 -
There's cynic Kate (Fey) and her golden retriever husband Jack (Forte), even more cynical and gossipy Danny (Domingo) and his urbane husband Claude (Marco Calvani), Nick's aggrieved ex-wife Anne and his very pregnant girlfriend Ginny.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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The most articulate member of the team, Johnston knows better than anyone how to talk his way through any problem.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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And that repositioning, researchers argue, was essential to the development of the resonating chamber that makes articulate speech possible.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Advertisement Then too, there’s the voluble—sometimes volatile—Musk himself.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
12 June 2026
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Concerns about Trump’s ability to carry out his duties have grown so voluble that there are now competing efforts to either invoke the 25th amendment or compel him to resign in a last-ditch effort to contain the damage.—
John Whitehead,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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The screams, contortions and vocal shifts were made without CGI or artificial intelligence, and that detail is its own form of campaign currency in an era when audiences and voters alike are increasingly skeptical of digital enhancement.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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Mary disrupts Clark’s equilibrium with the Backrooms by refusing to validate his excuses for his behavior, fully calling out his failings, his petty assholery, and his glib, solipsistic lies.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Every sentence arrives polished into bite-size emotional shorthand—ridiculous, slightly glib, but not entirely wrong.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
26 May 2026
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“Tale-telling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tale-telling. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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