Husk, a French grisette aged in oak barrels, was tart and refreshingly dry; Dolore, a wild ale fermented on dark cherries and black raspberries, was equally tart yet soft and jammy.
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Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
Anne Hathaway—who has played the doomed grisette and has the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to prove it—does not seem to care about any of this.
While Kimmie worked as a dancer at the club, Jules (who serves as both Bellaire’s head of security and the boss at Norman’s secret strip club) forced her to be Roy's prostitute.
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Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
They were infames lumped in with gladiators and prostitutes at the very bottom of the social ladder.
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, which is executive-produced by Knox and features a finale co-written by her and showrunner K.J. Steinberg, is an attempt to redefine her as a girl rather than a temptress, an innocent rather than a murderer.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
Just like Lana, there was someone clever, driven, working beneath the veneer of the beautiful temptress.
The high pitch siren of the casualty bots sounded off in the distance.
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Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
The sensors were very responsive and instantly triggered push and email alerts, and the base station's siren was loud enough to be heard throughout my one-story home.
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