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After all the fussing and fidgeting exerted in trying to nail just the right mix of comic book action, comedy and pathos, the movie emerges as a tone-deaf mishmash of underdeveloped characters, half-baked humor and unhatched plotting drenched in CGI overkill.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
12 July 2025 -
In Ideals of the East, Okakura argues that Asian civilization is founded on a shared tradition of spirituality and that Japanese art uniquely reflects this tradition because of Japan’s ability to hybridize different cultures without melting them down into an undifferentiated mishmash.—
Waiyee Loh,
JSTOR Daily,
2 July 2025
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The downside of this route is that digital books can easily get lost in the shuffle of crowded devices.—
Vikrant Shaurya,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Behind the counter, between the shuffle of cooks and kitchen staff, Dengeos owner Nick Theodosis shows off the key to the joint’s long-running success: three large machines, each with its own cone of rotating, sizzling gyro meat.—
Charlie Kolodziej,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Wayfair offers several over-the-toilet storage cabinets that can help clear the clutter without adding a bulky piece of furniture to what may already be a tight space.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 July 2025
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Nothing's take on Android makes changes to almost every UI element, which is usually a recipe for Samsung levels of clutter.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 July 2025
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The horrific tragedy arrived in the midst of a maelstrom already brewing over the National Weather Service, its parent agency and the Trump administration’s budget cuts.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice carved out a moment for emotion in the maelstrom of a Stanley Cup Final the other day as his team prepared for Game 4 on Thursday night.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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Those influences coalesced in a cross-cultural hodgepodge that earned Hilton $150,000 and the distinction of World Food Champion.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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The hodgepodge of dates marking emancipation is part of the appeal of celebrating the event, said William Isom, the director of Black in Appalachia, an East Tennessee PBS initiative to highlight the history of Black communities in the mountain South.—
Amber Roberson,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 June 2025
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Ashmole also tried his hand at poetry, and the miscellany even contains a few of his pieces.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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The long-standing curse of the new-music concert is a tendency toward miscellany.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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As for Pitt, his Sonny Hayes is a perfectly serviceable archetype for this: a one-time wunderkind driver wrecked by injury whose adult life becomes a morass of preposterous risk with minimal upside.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
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There are no pairs of tidily poetic contradictions, but a morass of inner conflict, uncertainty, pain, and relief.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.—
Rudy Lee,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2023
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“Bollix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollix. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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