in the original
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: in the language used by the original writer
We read Homer in the original, not in translation.
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Kitsch, who played Tim Riggins in the original series, addressed the reboot on Sirius XM’s The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw.
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Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
Kitsch starred in the original series alongside Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Gaius Charles, Scott Porter, Aimee Teegarden, Adrianne Palicki and Michael B. Jordan, among others.
—Mckinley Franklin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
Along with sporting a new all-black design and chrome accents, the Tonal 2 comes with a host of meaningful internal improvements, including a new adaptive weight system with up to 250 pounds of digital resistance, up from the 200 pounds in the original trainer.
—Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 8 Jan. 2025
Thompson was in the original cast of Annie as a kid, playing an orphan named Pepper.
—Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
Kitsch starred in the original series alongside Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Gaius Charles, Scott Porter, Aimee Teegarden, Adrianne Palicki and Michael B. Jordan, among others.
—Mckinley Franklin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
Along with sporting a new all-black design and chrome accents, the Tonal 2 comes with a host of meaningful internal improvements, including a new adaptive weight system with up to 250 pounds of digital resistance, up from the 200 pounds in the original trainer.
—Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 8 Jan. 2025
Thompson was in the original cast of Annie as a kid, playing an orphan named Pepper.
—Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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“In the original.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20original. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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