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Roses were gently laid across the caskets before eight white doves were released into the sky, their wings unfurling into the clouds — a cruel irony beside the eight young lives below, cut short before their stories ever had the chance to unfurl at all.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026 -
What otherwise might be viewed as an aspect of maturation or the spirit moving him also happens to be unfurling early in a season in which the Royals had stressed the need for their young-ish core to seize control of the team.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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The damage and acceptance that kind of internal contradiction can bring to a person over an extended period runs through every frame of Firstman’s film, and the result feels less like a conventional dramedy than a decade-long discovery unfolding in real time.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
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Fittingly, the showdown is unfolding just outside Pennsylvania’s City of Brotherly Love.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Transforming the cabin from sitting to sleeping is a group effort that includes unpacking the ladder (usually stowed beneath the seats with the luggage), unfastening the upper bunks, and making the beds.—
Emily Manthei,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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And now, new research suggests such cosmic rays may hide a secret that is the key to unlocking a 60-year-old space puzzle.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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For fashion brands in the portfolio, the opportunity lies in unlocking decades, or sometimes centuries, of history.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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“Unclenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclenching. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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