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Obama’s stone exterior has academics and architecture critics in mind; it’s loftily designed to resemble four hands coming together and comes with such other un-Trump-like attributes as a wetland walk and sustainable garden.
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Though not a direct spin-off, The Pitt inherited ER’s gritty realism, inclusion of real-world social issues, and portrayal of frontline health care workers as heroic, if flawed, people who nobly fight to save their patients amid chaotic circumstances.
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Will studios abandon new work for memeslop or nobly resist a descent into IP-management nothingness?
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To be absolutely clear, nobody, except maybe Melanie, is behaving honorably here, but a good Love Island story line isn’t measured in admirable behavior; it is measured in juice — and Melanie, Corbin, Kenzie, and Caleb have it.
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To be eligible for the tickets, honorably discharged veterans and currently serving military members can sign up for an account at the Vet Tix website.
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Coaches who, in the best cases (and there have been so many best cases) taught your kid to win magnanimously and lose graciously and compete whole-heartedly.
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My For You page is a shrine to snatched young women magnanimously sharing their tips for taut faces.
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Jurges gallantly refused to press charges, and Popovich was released from custody.
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Harry Potter…Such a Gentleman At the famed Tonys afterparty at the Carlyle Hotel, Daniel Radcliffe gallantly held his the train of his partner Erin Darke’s dress, while balancing a Diet Coke in his other hand.
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“Venerably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venerably. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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