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Noun
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But those three comedians sound practically like Rakim or Eminem next to the vast majority of 1980s Chicago Bears players, who were also forced to do a line dance.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026 -
The no-frills series put singers, comedians, dancers and other performers head-to-head and helped launch future stars like Britney Spears long before viral auditions and fan voting.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Target’s four-person meal costs less than $20, about the same as in 2024, but substitutes green beans and cream of mushroom soup for French bread and frozen corn — also not an apples-to-apples comparison.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Boeing has been working on replacements, but the program has faced a series of delays.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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As CinemaCon was getting underway in the spring, Bloomberg ran an audacious piece that Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav was interviewing the duo’s replacements.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2026
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Russian tennis players Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider claimed silver in the women’s doubles.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
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Down for doubles at London’s largest indoor tennis court?—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
27 Jan. 2026
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With Barca in no position financially to bring in a centre-of-the-park reinforcement from the market, stand-ins to partner Frenkie de Jong - suspended against the Danes - will have to be deployed in-house.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Across the series, locations have included Cardiff Bay’s Oval Basin, Penarth Pier, and the grand Tredegar House in Newport, all of which appear on screen as various stand-ins for London, or for unnamed suburbs which house the private worlds of the ultra-wealthy.—
Chloe Laws,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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White space preserves agency before that takes over.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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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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Bonitto and Cooper have also beaten teams by fitting the gameplan, forcing backups like the Chiefs’ Chris Oladokun or the Chargers’ Trey Lance to play from the pocket.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2026
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Drivers are asked to avoid I-95 in the Pompano area and find alternate routes to avoid the massive backups.—
Kathy Laskowski,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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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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