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Kings owner Vivek Ranadive sat courtside, arms folded with a dour expression on a night his team trailed by as many as 26 points.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025 -
CEOs have increasingly shared their dour prognostication of AI’s impact on the future of work and the latest diagnosis came from Jim Farley, the CEO of automaker Ford.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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There are other ways to explore: fingers, smaller toys, anal plugs, etc.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
3 July 2025
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Weeks later, anal warts appeared around the rim of Laurent’s rectum, the complaint says, and he was diagnosed with condyloma.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
2 July 2025
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In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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In a memorable photo from a G-7 summit during his first term, the U.S. president sat, arms crossed, glaring at an indignant German Chancellor Angela Merkel.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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JPMorgan Chase, the biggest bank in America, has been angry for years about being forced to hand over customer data to fintech companies for free.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Hastings said he’s heard from people angry about State Farm’s rates.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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Tim Burton’s two marvelous Batman movies took the character’s morose nature seriously, but not more seriously than his savoir faire: the Burton Batman movies also have gothic elegance on their side.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 July 2025
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In an intimate huddle, Costello and his band members harmonized on the morose country track, all underscored with plucky upright bass.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
6 July 2025
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Two of them—Bertha Russell on The Gilded Age and Gloria Burgle on Fargo—have earned her Emmy nominations, and that number seems likely to grow thanks to her delicious performance as Laurie, an uptight workaholic in the midst of a midlife crisis in The White Lotus season three.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
23 June 2025
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In addition to all of the actors named above, Sherry Cola pops up as Sam’s work pal, Nadine, and Anna Chlumsky as Betsy’s uptight, passive-aggressive future sister-in-law, Virginia.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Video footage shows two exasperated survivors being rescued on a smaller boat as choppy waters rock the vessel from side to side, illustrating the rough conditions at sea.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
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Look at the red cheeks, pie-dish eyes, exasperated brows and open mouth.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The reflection of my withered face, with deep sullen eyes, blurs behind raindrops sliding down the glass.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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My partner came home from work to find a sullen child whimpering in his room.—
Jann Blackstone,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
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“Schoolmarmish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmarmish. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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