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Local teens in the early ‘60s adjusted to the slower tempo of R&B, while not having the physical space to do full-out swing moves of the previous decade.—Alexa Stone
updated October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025 Pressure from the Trump Administration to maintain calm is too great and, in Israel at least, favorable public opinion of the hostage-release-and-ceasefire deal has been such that there is little incentive for Benjamin Netanyahu to order a resumption of a full-out war anytime soon.—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025 The bath extends behind the shower to supply a full-out bathing experience.—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025 Zito aced the hire, and Maurice was the right guy for the right reasons as Zito sought a complete re-tooling of the Panthers philosophy from one of full-out offensive emphasis to a tougher, defense-first style more suited to playoff hockey.—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025 Eventually, Will is drugged and hallucinates a full-out dance number (including giving a voice to his faithful pet Chihuahua, Betty Maria White Trent) before breaking the cult and returning to the job full time.—Bob Verini, Variety, 4 June 2025 Neither India nor Pakistan really wanted a full-out war, but the spiral of attack and retaliation might have led them there.—Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025 Amid escalating conflict, accusations of continued strikes, and grave concerns that the two countries may engage in a full-out war, India and Pakistan agreed to an immediate cease-fire after U.S.-led talks.—Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 10 May 2025 Elba relished the opportunity to do a full-out comedy.—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 May 2025
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