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Vito, seething and remorseless, grabs at control relentlessly; Frank, in no mood to fight, tries to cede it graciously, resulting in a lopsided tug-of-war.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025 -
Curtis Rowe scores 19 points and Sidney Wicks adds 17 points and grabs 18 rebounds to lead UCLA to an 80-69 victory over Jacksonville for its fourth consecutive NCAA basketball championship.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Both players were consensus top ten picks early on in the draft process, but now often fall to the teens or early twenties.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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The protagonist picks themselves up again only to ultimately end up in a bad situation.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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In each of these use cases, AI that sorts through appropriate, clean datasets—and grasps the full context of the worker’s role, functions and intentions—is the differentiator in deriving quantifiable value.—
Dan Adika,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Del Mazo grasps the importance of rhythm for the page turn, and her pacing is spot-on.—
Barney Saltzberg,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Or if longterm commitment isn’t really your thing, there are plenty of DIY almond press-on nails to choose from, which makes nail designs like chrome nails, french nails, and aura nails a breeze.—
Bella Cacciatore,
Glamour,
13 Mar. 2025
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As a puzzler, Lok really nails the balance of challenge and scale, giving you bite-sized problems that still feel good to solve.—
Andrew Webster,
The Verge,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Shoplifts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifts. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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