The K-pop boy band Cortis arrived with an entourage of handlers and bopped around to their own music; the trance DJ Armin van Buuren got stony-serious on the topic of his new, piano-only album.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
Their original band artwork projected as a backdrop — cats at drum sets, birds holding guitars — as the campers bopped their heads and performed their original songs.
Enjoying one of these moments free from scrutiny, the five-foot-five, stocky Smalls playfully picked up the captain’s distinctive floppy hat and pranced around the ship, imitating his mannerisms.
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Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Nov. 2025
The zebras pranced, all frisky energy; the elephants, lumbering and mournful, trailed behind with their ancient thoughts.
An owner of the Signature Room shuffled its assets around to avoid paying workers who were abruptly laid off when the iconic restaurant and lounge shuttered in 2023, a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court this week alleges.
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Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
Arenas shuffled up and down the pickleball court and shifted laterally, quickly racking up the points and shutting out Jennings in the game, 11-0.
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