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The film falters, however, once something resembling an actual plot kicks in.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2026 -
Meanwhile, on the western side of that coastal front, temperatures are frigid and the fluff factor really kicks in.—
Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The championship-hopeful Cleveland Cavaliers pushed their chips in by acquiring 36-year-old James Harden, sending a 26-year-old point guard in Darius Garland to the Los Angeles Clippers to do so.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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In a mixed blessing, AMD reported some sales of older chips in China.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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In one heartbreaking plot, a poor mother gives away her son, August, to the upper-class industrialists who employed her now deceased husband.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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And if the bullpen gives away another of your wins, maybe crack open a different brand of beer.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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And whatever was missing from Gallen’s repertoire of out-pitches in 2025 isn’t guaranteed to return.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Delegations from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines are also attending, marking the highest number of participating countries, delegates and project pitches in TCCF’s history.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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The bin that volunteers Alford and Wilson were processing on a recent morning were collected in November from Camp Stewart for Boys, a summer camp on the North Fork of the Guadalupe upstream from Hunt.—
Liz Teitz,
San Antonio Express-News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Smith now volunteers to help other inmates navigate the technology, particularly during virtual job interviews designed to simulate modern hiring processes.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Here is a selection of data points that provides a glance at Cincinnati.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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The franchise that provides cooking classes to adults and children received approval for a Class M liquor license at Thursday’s meeting.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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