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The Parks and Recreation alum recalled how they got married on a whim in time for their 10 year anniversary.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Jan. 2025
Los Alamos’ owner, Augustine Juarez, got into the restaurant business on a whim back in 2001.
—Lisa Lopez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Washington’s ability to surveil vast troves of financial data and keep money and technology out of the hands of its rivals could be hamstrung by infighting and by Trump’s tendency to change his mind on a whim.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
The bifurcated story puts Kendrick’s character, a struggling actress who on a whim takes a gig on The Dating Game, on a collision course with Alcala, played with a deeply unsettling affect by Daniel Zovatto.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Jan. 2025
Los Alamos’ owner, Augustine Juarez, got into the restaurant business on a whim back in 2001.
—Lisa Lopez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Washington’s ability to surveil vast troves of financial data and keep money and technology out of the hands of its rivals could be hamstrung by infighting and by Trump’s tendency to change his mind on a whim.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
The bifurcated story puts Kendrick’s character, a struggling actress who on a whim takes a gig on The Dating Game, on a collision course with Alcala, played with a deeply unsettling affect by Daniel Zovatto.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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“On a whim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20whim. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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