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Meanwhile, Kennedy, a strident anti-vaccine activist, also appeared to be on a surprisingly smooth path after the Senate voted 53-47 to move forward with his confirmation.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025 -
Trump has tapped Kash Patel, a strident supporter and former federal prosecutor, to take over as the next director of the FBI.—
Jim Mustian,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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This feels fitting for a company that aims to make people roll around with raucous laughter.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The few Republican officials who have held town halls lately have faced raucous crowds.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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However, the feel-good season came to a screeching halt during a five-game losing streak.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Sadly, his momentum came to a screeching halt when a sudden rib injury benched him for 55 days, forcing the 31-year-old to watch from the sidelines.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Of the collection, Sundy Praia is the most luxurious, with 15 tented villas set where the cacophonous jungle meets the tawny coast.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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The market’s message and intentions are always worth debating — especially so during an intense pullback, with cacophonous policy headlines and piqued investor emotions animating the action day to day.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2025
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Avoid irritating your skin with abrasive exfoliant scrubs or harsh loofahs and back brushes.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
13 Mar. 2025
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Attention is paid to sound as well as to visuals, and Flying Lotus’ score is excellent, a head-nodding blend of pulsating rhythms, abrasive noise, and atmospheric synths.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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This gives people the chance to adapt over time rather than experiencing a jarring impact at once.—
John Spencer Taylor,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Be just completely distracted from the jarring reality.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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The centennial of Baldwin’s birth, this past year, saw no shortage of hymns, modulating the key to minor and rendering the arrangements slightly discordant.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2024
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That’s the disturbing question being debated this week in response to the discordant noises from Washington.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Cawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cawing. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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