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One strident answer is to lean into ambient intelligence.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025 -
Ken Cuccinelli was among the first and most strident.—
Molly Redden,
ProPublica,
23 May 2025
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While generating political polemics, Sunday’s vote has not triggered the raucous street rallies that generally accompany Mexican balloting.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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That 2-1 defeat was a stinger — Tōko Koga’s decisive goal in the 50th minute hushed an otherwise raucous San Diego crowd.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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One of dancehall’s biggest stars who had collaborated with artists such as Busta Rhymes and Fat Joe, Buju Banton’s career came to a screeching halt in 2009 when he was arrested in Sarasota and convicted in 2011.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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Events like fires, floods, snowstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes can bring companies to a screeching halt by damaging facilities and even jeopardizing employees' lives.—
Niki Jorgensen,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Baltimore deserves credit for stepping up and sending Tullis-Joyce the wrong way, particularly against a cacophonous backdrop of angry United fans behind that goal.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Episode 2, set at Jamie’s school just a few days after the incident, thrives in the chaos of innumerable moving pieces as kids push through crowded passageways, cram inside cacophonous classrooms, and even parade out to the playground during an unexpected fire drill.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2025
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When your vacuum cleaner starts to look a little worse for the wear, do clean it—but not with an abrasive cleaner.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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Since pure silk can sometimes weaken from abrasive wash and dry cycles, it's typically recommended to hand wash and air-dry.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
31 May 2025
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Still to this day, seeing a sea of red robes walking in twos is jarring.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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Lighting designer Richard Norwood’s overhead fluorescents shine a harsh glare on Bisa’s Victorian-esque costumes, with jarring buzzes from sound designer Rick Sims punctuating the sudden lighting changes.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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The discordant note in the conversation was what to do next.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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His images are discordant — wild predators roaming concrete canyons.—
Catie Edmondson,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Cawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cawing. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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