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Mango Pinstripe Suit Blazer Finally, Kidman added a blazer to polish off the look.
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Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
And while the stark hue certainly makes a statement when polishing off a fashion-forward ‘fit, commuters might want to sit this one out.
—Amanda Randone, refinery29.com, 9 July 2024
In three days, the video that shows the man polishing off a bowl of mussels has received almost 300,000 likes and a sea of support in the comments.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
To polish off the look, wide-leg black jeans always deliver; and same goes a pair of little black ankle boots.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 20 June 2024
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Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
And while the stark hue certainly makes a statement when polishing off a fashion-forward ‘fit, commuters might want to sit this one out.
—Amanda Randone, refinery29.com, 9 July 2024
In three days, the video that shows the man polishing off a bowl of mussels has received almost 300,000 likes and a sea of support in the comments.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
To polish off the look, wide-leg black jeans always deliver; and same goes a pair of little black ankle boots.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 20 June 2024
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The 49ers finished 6-10 in a nightmarish COVID year. 2019: Week 4, 10-3.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Indians finished 0-10 overall, including 0-5 in the Lambda League, this past season.Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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Every 30 days, expect an array of songs, diverse and delicious, served hot off the flat-top and waiting to be wolfed down.Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
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All of that work, however, may have only been a prologue for her tour-de-force performance wolfing down a mile-high burger.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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But what is most impressive focusing on the modern age is that 50 goals have been put away in 2024/2025 in shorter time than the fabled 'MSN' trident consisting of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar needed.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Alcala appeared on The Dating Game in 1978, but he wasn't arrested and put away for good until 1979.Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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But those seeking restraint and something more clever than the usual carnage will find this talky (in a good way) creeper offers more to chew on than the genre norm.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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From its very first episode, Agatha All Along went to great lengths to show us that, even with WandaVision’s lead killed off in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, there was still plenty of — and perhaps too much — meat for Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness to chew on.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Polish off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polish%20off. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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