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But, despite her status as a trailblazer, her campaign—set against an entirely white, entirely male field of rivals for the Democratic Party’s nomination—was more often than not treated as a lark.
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Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
Rides like the Cannonball Loop and the Tarzan Swings were ridiculous torture devices, but this film doesn’t merely write off the decisions made at Action Park as a lark, noting that people actually died there, and then cover-ups took place.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 May 2024
The biggest factor, the one that made all the others possible, started as a lark.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023
In scenes like this one—wherein Whitfield plays wingwoman to a newly single Jenna Lyons on a lark to the city’s most iconic lesbian bar—the franchise reverts to the unfettered silliness of its early seasons.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2024
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Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
Rides like the Cannonball Loop and the Tarzan Swings were ridiculous torture devices, but this film doesn’t merely write off the decisions made at Action Park as a lark, noting that people actually died there, and then cover-ups took place.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 May 2024
The biggest factor, the one that made all the others possible, started as a lark.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023
In scenes like this one—wherein Whitfield plays wingwoman to a newly single Jenna Lyons on a lark to the city’s most iconic lesbian bar—the franchise reverts to the unfettered silliness of its early seasons.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2024
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“On/as a lark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%2Fas%20a%20lark. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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