as in seemed
to come very close to being
that behavior touches on insanity
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Complete with glow-in-the-dark buttons and an antenna, the prop certainly seemed less likely to get its owner in legal trouble.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 June 2026 -
But even the comms team seemed evasive.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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Men were prowling around inside Sarava’s headquarters, housed in an office building whose distinctive facade resembled the geometric designs of Islamic art.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Platner also drew criticism after a video surfaced of him shirtless with a tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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All of the artists who have pulled out suggested they were misled about the event’s political associations.—
T.M. Brown,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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It's also suggested that our four giant planets — Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune — gradually shifted into their current orbits due to a series of interactions with one another's gravity.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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“Touched (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touched%20%28on%29. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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