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Critics have described Abercrombie, never satisfactorily, as a surrealist or a magic realist.
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Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Florida State turned the ball over six times in the third quarter and shot 3 of 17, and LSU took advantage with a 31-6 run to seal its place in Spokane against NC State.
Mulkey, almost to a fault, is a realist.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Screenwriter Paul Laverty has made a name for himself with social realist movies with long-term friend and creative partner Ken Loach, such as Cannes Palme D’Or winners I, Daniel Blake and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
The more arguably realist justifications, such as the rationale that a prolonged conflict in Ukraine weakens the Russian military, sounded too cynical to make for good politics—especially regarding a potential nuclear conflict.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
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Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Florida State turned the ball over six times in the third quarter and shot 3 of 17, and LSU took advantage with a 31-6 run to seal its place in Spokane against NC State.
Mulkey, almost to a fault, is a realist.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Screenwriter Paul Laverty has made a name for himself with social realist movies with long-term friend and creative partner Ken Loach, such as Cannes Palme D’Or winners I, Daniel Blake and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
The more arguably realist justifications, such as the rationale that a prolonged conflict in Ukraine weakens the Russian military, sounded too cynical to make for good politics—especially regarding a potential nuclear conflict.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Realist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realist. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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