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So the director builds our modern discomfort with sincerity into his interpretation—an approach that meshes with the film’s sunny politics, which are loudly obvious from the jump.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025 -
And what better band to embody a combination of theatrics, fashion and glorious New Wave pop meshed with romantic histrionics than Culture Club?—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Also Thursday, the military said an Israeli soldier was killed in Khan Yunis the day before, after militants burst out of an underground tunnel and tried to abduct him.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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But on that June morning, Nash violently forced his way into the daycare facility, abducting Montgomery and their baby at gunpoint.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 July 2025
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The Haitian population is being exploited, raped, kidnapped, and recruited by armed gangs.—
Jacqueline Charles
July 3,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2025
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The Amber Alert system got its start in 1996; Amber stands for America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and brutally murdered.—
Liz Kellar,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The results showed that students with low differentiation — those who were more emotionally enmeshed with others — experienced higher social anxiety, fear of judgment, stress and more somatic symptoms like headaches, fatigue or physical tension.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Gucci has been enmeshed with the sport since the debut of its first tennis sneaker in 1977.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
30 June 2025
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In February 2021, a Martian meteorite with the planet’s atmosphere entrapped in it went under the hammer at Christie’s auction house.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
2 July 2025
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And some white citizens tried to help the victims: In 1870, Otis Gibson, a missionary, established a home to which entrapped young women could flee.—
Steve Inskeep,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Spirit (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirit%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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