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as in tale
a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally
Grandpa likes to tell yarns about when he was young
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as in story
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
a ripping yarn about space travel and alien monsters
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Excess material, yarn, and cuttings are a common sight in factories.
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Esha Chhabra, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Much of the brand’s design ethos is equally nice for the planet: Its Universal fabric is made of certified recycled yarns, plus there’s an organic cotton lining.
—Kristine Thomason, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
Comprising 48 percent elastane yarn, the collection stays true to Popilush’s shapewear roots.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2024
Premiering at the Busan International Film Festival, the yarn unspools as a polished crime thriller bolstered by a raft of strong performances, not least from Kim and Choi Hee-seo, but ultimately let down by some wildly implausible plotting.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2024
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Esha Chhabra, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Much of the brand’s design ethos is equally nice for the planet: Its Universal fabric is made of certified recycled yarns, plus there’s an organic cotton lining.
—Kristine Thomason, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
Comprising 48 percent elastane yarn, the collection stays true to Popilush’s shapewear roots.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2024
Premiering at the Busan International Film Festival, the yarn unspools as a polished crime thriller bolstered by a raft of strong performances, not least from Kim and Choi Hee-seo, but ultimately let down by some wildly implausible plotting.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2024
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One ancient tale is just a myth, and another is a text studied by believers for centuries.Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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Jason Bateman and David Harbour will star in and executive produce a seven-episode series on HBO titled DTF St. Louis, the tale of a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age uneasiness that leads to one of them ending up dead.Marc Berman, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Editor's note: This story was updated with additional details and a chart.Courtenay Brown, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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This story was updated with additional information.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The writer's new novella, available only in audio, is out now through Spotify Audiobooks Comments Like so many of us this year, romance novelist Ali Hazelwood couldn’t get enough of Luca Guadagnino’s tennis movie Challengers.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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Hyde is set in London, in a fictional world where the madman in Robert Louis Stevenson's influential Gothic horror novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde did not die, Negron said.David Bloom, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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Usually, this data training is undertaken by scanning vast amounts of text found on the Internet, including essays, stories, narratives, poems, and so on.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The case has fueled political narratives about urban crime and captivated a city in which the subway is indispensable.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Yarn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yarn. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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