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Safdie sympathetically, vividly recounts the pressure to win, the violence in the ring, the addiction that saw Kerr OD twice.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Curtis a prominent liberal-leaning figure speaking sympathetically about a conservative activist, is an unusual cross-ideological expression of mourning.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Maggie also smiles tolerantly when Hank keeps his hand on her knee for a few beats too many, or leans in close during chats.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Harris compassionately explored these issues that many women faced later in life — and which rarely went represented on television.—
Time,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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Each was compassionately euthanized Thursday.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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These days, Christmas movies, broadly and charitably defined, seem to be synonymous with the brassy, hokey, sickly sweet sort of fare that has a permanent home on the Hallmark Channel and is in perpetual rotation on Netflix.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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In effect, this is just a trope of mondo films — or, less charitably, mockumentaries.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Fiercely and humanely protect whatever gives you the most joy and grounding as it is needed to provide the core energy and wellspring from which everything else flows.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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After consulting with multiple veterinarians, facility staff made the choice to humanely euthanize him early Wednesday.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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In a game that, mercifully, only lasted 12 minutes.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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The first is that tornadoes of that intensity are mercifully uncommon.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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With sensitive skin types in mind, the creamy, fragrance-free formula boasts a simple ingredient list, using glycerin and niacinamide to strengthen the skin’s moisture barrier and nonstripping micelles— molecules in micellar water—to tenderly wash away dirt and oil.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The woman has since adopted the kitten—who turned out to be a boy—and shared sweet updates, including videos of him being tenderly bottle-fed.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Understandingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understandingly. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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