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Noun
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Through 16 months of fear and uncertainty over their fates, the Bibases had become a symbol for many Israelis, both of the tragedy that befell their country that October day, when about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 abducted to Gaza, but also of a widespread sense of abandonment.—
Isabel Kershner,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025 -
Even with all of this uncertainty, AI offers hope — a new blueprint and an opportunity to reimagine and reconstruct the very foundations of content creation.—
Solo Ceesay,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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There is no doubt that Russia has vast troves of oil and natural gas, but an effort to lure American or other Western energy companies to undertake Russian projects is likely to encounter skepticism, not least because of the companies' recent history in Russia.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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These are the doubts that scammers and hackers play upon to ply their trades.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
22 Feb. 2025
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There’s a great twist at the end, and lots of suspense.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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Are Any of the Single’s Inferno Season 4 Couples Still Together? To preserve the suspense of Single’s Inferno, the contestants are not allowed to share anything about their dating life on social media.—
Kayti Burt,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
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Filming their every outspoken thought and conversation whether in the newsroom, at home, on the street or in cars driving around frigid Moscow, the director channels the growing sense of dread as the government crackdown accelerates and the war nears.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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Read More: Scientists Debate Why Childbirth is So Brutal Epidural Risks and Research Unfortunately, myths and out-of-date information continue to inspire fear and dread of the procedure.—
Stephen C. George,
Discover Magazine,
20 Feb. 2025
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Arab angst America’s closest Arab allies have rejected Trump’s plans, which pose an existential threat to the Palestinian cause and their own stability.—
Josef Federman,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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Upcoming German series previewed at the EFM’s Berlinale Series Market on Tuesday offered a range of genres and challenging subject matter, from Nazi drug runners and quirky fantasy to teen angst and alter egos.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Recorded in a two-week burst not long before his 30th birthday, Cold Visions spiraled between euphoria and Promethean torment, pushing past nihilism and onwards to ego death.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
25 Feb. 2025
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People came to see the militias, and by extensions the Americans, as a source of torment, not salvation.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Its reappearance on the American scene in the twenty-first century should be taken as a foreboding.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Feb. 2025
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The movie’s very first shot, beautiful yet full of foreboding, finds her swimming in the Atlantic, her peace momentarily disturbed by the roar of a military helicopter overhead.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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The United States wins the Olympic gold medal in men’s curling in a decisive upset of Sweden.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The games have already yielded their fair share of upsets.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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