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The Spare Room by Helen Garner This is a book about a woman, Helen, who decides to let her old friend, Nicola, who is dying of cancer, come and stay with her in Melbourne while Nicola sees a local quack doctor.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025 -
And this is why hydropathy was not like many of the other quack medical therapies of the not-quite-modern era.—
John Jeremiah Sullivan,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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This leads us to the crux...or perhaps the clucks...of my story.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Chickens run and cluck around the Bennet home; the family’s clothes look worn, at times even dirty; the houses are cluttered, the people messy, their interactions chaotic.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The two then exchange words, or meows, before Mici decides to head elsewhere.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
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With 80-plus looks and a Lana Del Rey soundtrack, the rest of the show was the cat’s meow.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
9 Mar. 2025
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This sweet piglet oinks, walks, and wags its tail, making playtime feel like farm life.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
2 Nov. 2024
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This oink vichy seersucker shirt dress is crafted from 100% Italian cotton and combines cute puff sleeves and lace detailing on the collar, along with practical side pockets and a waist tie.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2023
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On its own, the pastrami is tough and rubbery, with pockets of black pepper wherever there’s a bite with bark.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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Or, grab a paper plate, add some glue and let kids create a masterpiece from collected items like flower petals, bark or pine cones.—
Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon,
Boston Herald,
11 May 2025
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Pollock is one of about 60 people lining the sidewalk outside the CDC on a late Tuesday afternoon holding signs, beating drums and getting honks from workers leaving at the end of the day.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
8 May 2025
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First came a recorded honk from an unpartnered male goose named Joshua.—
Rivka Galchen,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2024
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This pageant of puppetry includes a flutter of butterflies, a goat with a plaintive bleat, a menagerie of wild animals and, at one point, a school of glowing fish.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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Moments later, the bear rushes in, bites the fawn in the back, and violently shakes it as the fawn lets out piercing bleats.—
Alice Jones Webb,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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The animals use complex clicks, squawks and whistles to call out to each other, fight and attract a mate.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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The show is thrilling as a sensory experience, humming with sinister percussive beats and the occasional muffled animal squawk in the distance.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Moo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moo. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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