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Muir’s departure, viewed not as a singular event but as another move on Levin’s chessboard, indicates the most important person on campus not only sees the new reality but is comfortable with it.
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Heather severely wounds Vic with a chessboard to the head before Slater's bodyguard Stan (Cris Costa) shoots her.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
The biggest danger with symbolic, psychological thrillers like this is making characters feel too much like pieces on a chessboard, their moves predetermined.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
Women washed clothing in buckets of water as children played with the pieces of a giant chessboard.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Heather severely wounds Vic with a chessboard to the head before Slater's bodyguard Stan (Cris Costa) shoots her.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
The biggest danger with symbolic, psychological thrillers like this is making characters feel too much like pieces on a chessboard, their moves predetermined.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
Women washed clothing in buckets of water as children played with the pieces of a giant chessboard.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Chessboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chessboard. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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