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With professors on watchlists and comedians on cultural thin ice, Diane Lane‘s latest role in director Jan Komasa‘s Anniversary has never been more prescient.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025 -
The interviewer then noted that Kirson later apologized and donated her profits from the festival to an unspecified human rights organization, and that the festival required comedians not to criticize the Saudi government.—
James Factora,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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For some, the social capital of friends, community groups, and online donors now substitutes for financial capital.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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As teams are much faster to pull the trigger on an underperforming hire, some will struggle to find competent replacements, and few will find definitive improvement.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Beyond pipe replacements, some residents on the east side have been waiting for the city to add sidewalks and underground gutters as many communities still have a ditch gutter system to manage the water, which can be problematic for nearby homes due to flooding risk.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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His first four at-bats culminated in two doubles and two home runs.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Ohtani's last seven at-bats at Dodger Stadium have included five home runs and two doubles.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Inventive prop makers undoubtedly experimented with other stand-ins for blood over the centuries, like splashes of red paint.—
Mark Hay,
Popular Science,
9 Oct. 2025
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But when our stand-ins for nature are this far removed from reality, the connection begins to blur.—
Marisa McMillan,
Outside,
7 Oct. 2025
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No young officer who takes over from Maduro is likely to empower a figure as uncompromising as Machado.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Others will be displaced by AI that takes over processes which no longer require human intervention.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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With a consistent, steady offense, the Panthers found the end zone every possession until backups took over in the fourth quarter, giving Gates his 50th career victory.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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The longer the shutdown lasts, the greater the risk of cargo backups at these Texas ports due to unpaid employees calling in sick.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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Director David Ellenstein has assembled a strong quartet of farceurs who easily slide in and out of a multitude of characters, accents, funny wigs, moustaches, costumes and prop glasses while running in and out of the 25 doors on scenic designer Marty Burnett’s simple but effective set.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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