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Adverb
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Bogdanovich’s breakthrough came in 1971 with The Last Picture Show, an ensemble drama about growing up in a small Texas town, sensitively told and luminously shot.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026 -
Tarr went on to direct the accomplished The Man From London, which starred Tilda Swinton, before retiring after The Turin Horse, a luminously stark period chamber drama about a father and his adult daughter living alone in the barren Hungarian countryside over the span of about a week.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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At each end of the table were enormous jugs of excellent cider, and their host had four fine and radiantly healthy daughters, aged 16 to 20, whom Brillat-Savarin admired at every turn.—
Jeffrey Steingarten,
Vogue,
23 Nov. 2025
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An incandescently perfect film?—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
24 Mar. 2026
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Carpenter gets several musical numbers, an obvious but entertaining love triangle with a sheepish Kermit and an incandescently jealous Miss Piggy, and plenty of opportunities for self-aware, PG-13 humor.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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The dazzlingly witty and erudite script, by Robert Kaplow, is nominated for Best Original Screenplay; Hawke, who is rightly nominated for Best Actor, delivers one of his richest and most surprising performances.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2026
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Returning after dark, the illuminated GoldenTemple dazzlingly reflected on the adjacent sacred pool.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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The judge who approved a request for Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to seize more than 650,000 ballots last month touted the sheriff’s endorsement before he was first elected in 2022, and spoke glowingly about Bianco on a podcast in the run-up to the election that year.—
Sophia Bollag,
San Francisco Chronicle,
24 Mar. 2026
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Pierce also spoke glowingly of Jones and the Colts during the interview but steered clear of making a commitment to return.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And here is a tip — a teaspoon of honey enhances the flavors splendidly.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
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The ensemble works splendidly together.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The drama is amplified by backlighting with an LED, which brilliantly illuminates the fine details and creates a dramatic silhouette.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2026
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Einstein’s general theory of relativity describes local curvature brilliantly.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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