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Could a Stephen King movie be a dark horse Oscar contender?
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
While the race for the TIFF People’s Choice Award is competitive (and utterly wide open), don’t be surprised if this dark horse contender places in the top three, or better yet, takes home the award.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
Grant was somewhat of a dark horse on Jenn’s Bachelorette season.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 13 Aug. 2024
Austad says the project has uncovered other dark horse molecules that appear to be beneficial, including the diabetes treatment canagliflozin and 17alpha-estradiol, a form of estrogen.
—Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 11 Sep. 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
While the race for the TIFF People’s Choice Award is competitive (and utterly wide open), don’t be surprised if this dark horse contender places in the top three, or better yet, takes home the award.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
Grant was somewhat of a dark horse on Jenn’s Bachelorette season.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 13 Aug. 2024
Austad says the project has uncovered other dark horse molecules that appear to be beneficial, including the diabetes treatment canagliflozin and 17alpha-estradiol, a form of estrogen.
—Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 11 Sep. 2024
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Horowitz sold him some forty archives and collections, for about $25 million, and routinely used him as a sounding board and a stalking horse.Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Driving the news: Discount retail chain Big Lots entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, with a stalking horse agreement to boot.Kimberly Chin, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
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That's a long shot, though, especially if Antetokounmpo's long-term future in Milwaukee remains cloudy.Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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While that's a long shot, in what has been perhaps the most bizarre, fascinating and in many ways historic presidential campaign in our lifetimes, would that really be that much of a surprise?Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2024
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Rimini’s favorite son is celebrated over three locations in the centro, and one ticket gets you access to all.Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
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And Lex Luthor revealed to Jordan that Lois had picked Jon as her favorite son (yikes).Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Shopping for cuddly soon-to-be favorites shouldn’t take long hours of scrolling (or eat up your entire paycheck).Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 5 Nov. 2024
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Polling expert Nate Silver has issued a fresh election forecast just hours before polls open, with a new favorite to win, while the race is still neck and neck.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The very real-life British tycoon Robert Maxwell as Rogers’ main competitor also features along with Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, as the licensing battles took place against the backdrop of the changing situation in the USSR.John Bleasdale, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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Unlike competitors MyFitnessPal, Lose It!, MyNetDiary, Cronometer, and Lifesum, which rely primarily on manual input methods, Cal AI has positioned itself as the premium solution in the space.Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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In a later conversation, Blinken asked the Saudi crown prince about his demand for a path to a Palestinian state before Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
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Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, serves as Savvy Games’s chair.Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 7 Oct. 2024
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But while that means some contestants are now free to fade back into their lives of being semi-celebrities, other contestants have remained in the eye of the public.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Voice Battle Rounds are over — see which contestants advance to the Knockouts Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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To the north, a deep gash in the hill will also be filled with soil, to create a sloping entry from the Simi Hills onto the crossing.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Submissions open for all categories Wednesday, November 6: Submissions close for all entries (changed from Nov. 1) Monday, November 18: Nominations voting begins Friday, December 6, at 11:59 p.m.Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Dark horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20horse. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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