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Professional commentators tended to see these developments in so many local terms—turning, for their explanations, to national histories, cultures and institutions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026 -
Sombreness has seldom looked more suave or felt more disciplined; the storytelling is astounding in its concision, sometimes to a fault, as the characters’ rich personal histories are elided.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Hannah and Garrett both open up about their pasts individually to other people after finding safe space in each other.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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The innocence of that love becomes something of a foil against which the two women project and interrogate their feelings about their own pasts.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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Netflix's Worst Ex Ever details Wilson's crimes and chronicles how Testasecca's involvement was critical in leading authorities to the killer.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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For the first time, the show also featured documentary-style chronicles of the contestants’ journey.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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The comedy production blends solo readings with ensemble mash-ups, where multiple autobiographies collide into comedic scenes complete with love triangles and wildly different versions of the same stories.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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When women came to write spiritual texts—autobiographies, meditations, letters—their own bodies provided an imagery to describe the contours of their belief.—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
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Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Superhero stories are copaganda; sitcoms sell middle-class norms.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Some of the hagiographies of Francis were written shortly after his death in 1226.—
Vanessa Corcoran,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
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Evaluations for top performers read as hagiographies.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Bahm and Cuomo were beloved members of the community, according to online obituaries and tributes.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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The obituaries, social media posts and GoFundMe pages capture the utter despair of the families, though none of them reckon with the decision not to get the vitamin K shot.—
Duaa Eldeib,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Ferrer’s memoirs are nuanced and deeply insightful, if sometimes a little too close to hagiography.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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The film crosses sites where camps once stood, setting them against diaries, memoirs and letters by prisoners.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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