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In the 15 years since, DeBlois has helmed its sequel, its three-quel and now this live-action version, which goes back to the beginning and repeats the same plot essentially word for word.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Good salespeople don't need to follow a script word for word.
—Austin Irabor, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group’s three-song medley, word for word.
—Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Some weeks later, Fonda would repeat these assertions, word for word, at a press conference at the Lima airport, as the commission arrived in Peru to begin its investigation.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Good salespeople don't need to follow a script word for word.
—Austin Irabor, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group’s three-song medley, word for word.
—Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Some weeks later, Fonda would repeat these assertions, word for word, at a press conference at the Lima airport, as the commission arrived in Peru to begin its investigation.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
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Lead directly influences human learning abilities and behavioral disorders.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The use of voting machines is more accurate, faster and cheaper than hand-counting paper ballots, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, and all voting machines used in U.S. elections must pass tests requiring them to accurately count at least 10 million votes.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The model appears able to do novel mathematics and accurately answer tough medical questions, but my own and other users’ tests also found that the program could not reliably count the number of B’s in blueberry, generate even remotely accurate maps, or do basic arithmetic.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
21 Aug. 2025
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