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Dark Renaissance boldly argues that transgressive innovators, far from going out of style, have always been necessary for artistic advancement.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Concerned that Barack Obama was running away with the race, John McCain made an impulsive gamble, boldly picking the largely unknown Alaska governor Sarah Palin.—
Time,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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The protagonist of this audaciously spoofy spy novel is Hal Knight, a comedian who has resigned in disgrace from his other job, as a Democratic congressman, after a video depicting him insulting an actress went viral.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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For example, Stars Coffee emerged after Starbucks (SBUX) exited in 2022, adopting an audaciously familiar logo of a woman with a star above her head.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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Trump is running the most brazenly corrupt administration in modern history.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Just brazenly taking up community resources to terrorize this very same community.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Rose was born in 1988, eight years after Keith Godchaux’s death in a car accident, but the singer and songwriter is carrying the Dead torch proudly, performing with Grahame Lesh (son of late Dead bassist Phil Lesh) this summer as part of the Dead 60 celebration.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Her baby bump, with soon-to-be-daughter Carmen Rosa inside, was also proudly on display.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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As if the question arose, thought Leonora scornfully.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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In this thrilling one-woman production of Oscar Wilde’s gothic horror, the Succession star fearlessly executed a theatrical high-wire act, cycling through every character in the story with razor-sharp precision and breathtaking balance.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
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Sanchez — whose Nedeljko is all protective, chest-out bluster, whereas Gavrilo is the kind of boy who apologizes to his handkerchief after coughing blood into it — is fearlessly, hilariously released as the scene rolls along.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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Kiffin was arrogantly miffed, but Carter was so right.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Dec. 2025
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“Uppishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppishly. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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