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The Baltimore artist tracked Darwin’s epochal trip via Google Street View, which isn’t known for ocean scenes.
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Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
The whip-smart, late-20th-century retelling of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most epochal teen rom-coms.
—EW.com, 13 May 2024
Last year, two TV series, Netflix’s Transatlantic and Nat Geo’s A Small Light, illuminated the other side of the epochal struggle between Nazism and humanism, dramatizing the stories of real people who fought to save the lives of Jews and other targets of the Reich.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
But in 1895, the composer already dead, a revival took place at St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre, the music and scenario tweaked and with new choreography by the great Marius Petipa and his assistant Lev Ivanov (for the epochal lakeside action).
—Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
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Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
The whip-smart, late-20th-century retelling of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most epochal teen rom-coms.
—EW.com, 13 May 2024
Last year, two TV series, Netflix’s Transatlantic and Nat Geo’s A Small Light, illuminated the other side of the epochal struggle between Nazism and humanism, dramatizing the stories of real people who fought to save the lives of Jews and other targets of the Reich.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
But in 1895, the composer already dead, a revival took place at St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre, the music and scenario tweaked and with new choreography by the great Marius Petipa and his assistant Lev Ivanov (for the epochal lakeside action).
—Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
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And then there are Chin’s own death-defying expeditions, including his latest summiting of Everest in which his party happened to make a momentous discovery.Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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To mark this momentous occasion, Glamour staff gathered together (via Slack) to watch the Love Is Blind season 7 reunion and chat about it in real time.Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
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But don’t expect this debate to be as earthshaking or as game-changing as the Biden-Trump confrontation June 27 Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
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Had Asian demand kept to its historic trend, there would have been no massive glut and probably no earthshaking price collapse.Michael Levi, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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One fateful night early in my career taught me this skill and the role of fear in a crisis scenario.Stanley C. Middleman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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On the fateful Wednesday morning, an accidental cup of caffeine-free tea had already set an ominous tone for her morning.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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The townspeople’s friendships, romances, and enmities are tangible ways to understand what’s going on here, and their complex bonds help amplify the show’s life-and-death stakes.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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There are all the hallmarks of the Spanish master: sumptuous interiors splashed with vibrant colors; rich, wordy roles for layered female characters; life-and-death stakes woven into the fabric of the everyday.Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris visited one of Georgia's most diverse cities Thursday with presidential, moviemaking and rock music legends to keep momentum with a crucial voting segment in a pivotal swing state.Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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Research highlighted by the Harvard Business Review reveals that 95% of professionals deem face-to-face meetings crucial for creating and maintaining business relationships, with 89% asserting that such interactions are vital for finalizing agreements.Hao Lam, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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