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Recent Examples of charmed circle
But the film comes into its own at almost exactly an hour, as The Man begins the ritual and The Surrender threatens to go full occult gonzo, complete with a charmed circle and a bleak netherworld resembling Lucio Fulci’s 1981 splatter epic The Beyond.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
In a political economy in which decent livelihoods are artificially scarce, selective schools have helped to keep my family in a socioeconomically charmed circle—and keep others out.
—The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
OkCupid has cast a charmed circle of inclusion, from which some people must still inevitably be excluded.
—Zoë Hu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
—Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
In a political economy in which decent livelihoods are artificially scarce, selective schools have helped to keep my family in a socioeconomically charmed circle—and keep others out.
—The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
OkCupid has cast a charmed circle of inclusion, from which some people must still inevitably be excluded.
—Zoë Hu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
—Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charmed circle
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One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.—
Mike Dunleavy,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last is a propulsive examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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With slow turnover and in-group bias, 41% of global directors say their boards have added functional experts beyond CEO or CFO, with 74% stating their business strategy requires a board with additional expertise and/or perspectives.—
Toby Wong,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This not only reinforces in-group loyalty but also frames outsiders as threats.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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The Value of Safe, Supportive Spaces These networks are also important for building confidence.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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For the first time since Nielsen began tracking TV use by platform four years ago — and probably the first time ever, considering broadcast’s dominant place for much of television history — over-the-air networks accounted for less than 20 percent of viewing in June.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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In both groups, the outer portion of the brain, called the cortex, also had a larger surface area on average, with more folds and grooves.—
Maia Szalavitz,
Scientific American,
7 July 2025
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The first two kittens on screen have an intense gray fur, typical of Scottish folds, as the poster confirms in the comments.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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The organization’s musical repertoires have grown exponentially over the years to include tens of millions of works, giving music users more music and more choice, the spokesperson said.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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Many of the local organizations Best Friends Animal Society is working with on the ground are operating based on donations and there are wish lists available online for anyone interested in purchasing specific things needed by shelters on the ground.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 July 2025
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Its director, John J. Durham, was a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York who had spent a decade pursuing MS-13 cliques on Long Island.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
12 June 2025
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The series was supposed to take place in Beverly Hills and follow a new clique that caused an accidental murder at a bachelorette party.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2025
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These are Baptism of Fire, The Tower of the Swallow, and Lady of the Lake. Baptism of Fire sees Geralt caught between two warring clans, and Ciri join a group of thieves called The Rats.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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The Miller clan, led by its head huncho Master P, were there to dominate everything from music to business in a way that had never been done before from southern artists (or MOST artists in fact).—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
26 June 2025
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In his first 12 college games, Fidone caught 25 passes for 260 yards and four touchdowns.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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The widespread adoption and rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has had far-reaching consequences for education, from student writing and learning outcomes to the college admissions process.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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