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The New Testament describes Easter Sunday as the third day after Christ was crucified and was resurrected from the dead.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Season 4 ends before the Holy Week, with Jesus riding a donkey into Jerusalem, where he will later be crucified in season 6.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
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One of the many contradictions of the Trump era is that he is both pilloried in the media, but also given a pass and graded on a curve at the same time.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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That didn’t stop the Energy Department from pillorying the findings.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
5 May 2025
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The face of the franchise lashed at a breaking ball in the fifth, pulling a hit onto open grass to double the lead.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Beijing has lashed out against those concerns, including the 27-member bloc’s move last year to raise tariffs on its electric vehicles, launching a range of its own trade probes in apparent retaliation.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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These include thinning fabric, stretching or sagging, holes, flaying, and heavy pilling.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
1 July 2025
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Stripped to the bone and flayed by her ugly experiences, both during and for years after, Lidia is emotionally naked, unable even to ask for or accept help.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Trump doubled down on his past criticism and blamed Biden for Powell remaining in the role.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The current president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, blamed it for unrest in the country and imprisoned many of its leaders.—
Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
15 July 2025
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Whether this comes off as a joke or as an invitation for scolding (spoken or unspoken, loving or otherwise) depends entirely on the other Muslims in the room.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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But there was a time Emily Deschanel, who played the meticulous forensic anthropologist through 12 seasons of Bones, got scolded for being just that — and the memory still makes the star emotional.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
12 July 2025
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Schumer is the latest Democrat on Capitol Hill to upbraid Kennedy in recent days over the measles outbreak.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
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The brief interview created a furious reaction online, with the likes of Dionne Warwick and Khloé Kardashian upbraiding the journalists for treating Babyface so disrespectfully.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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But by a 2-1 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found Austin acted within his authority and faulted the military judge's ruling.—
MARK SHERMAN,
arkansasonline.com,
12 July 2025
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Critics, who’ve long dismissed the shoe rule as more security theater than actual security, have also faulted the policy for increasing wait times at security checkpoints at American airports.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 July 2025
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“Gibbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibbet. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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