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Ah, the foot mask that launched a thousand gross, yet oddly satisfying videos.
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Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 16 Jan. 2025
In an industry where generational leaps are usually accompanied by the breathless espousing of new features and ever more powerful hardware, the Switch 2 reveal feels oddly restrained.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
As the catastrophic Palisades fire receded from one of the city’s iconic thoroughfares, smoke and ash rendered the once picturesque landscape into something oddly lunar.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Get Hitched Watching a trailer - especially a large trailer like the Pebble Flow - roll around by itself sans towing partner is odd, but also oddly appropriate.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 16 Jan. 2025
In an industry where generational leaps are usually accompanied by the breathless espousing of new features and ever more powerful hardware, the Switch 2 reveal feels oddly restrained.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
As the catastrophic Palisades fire receded from one of the city’s iconic thoroughfares, smoke and ash rendered the once picturesque landscape into something oddly lunar.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Get Hitched Watching a trailer - especially a large trailer like the Pebble Flow - roll around by itself sans towing partner is odd, but also oddly appropriate.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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