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Accompanying him are rakishly handsome Dylan (Billy Barratt), worrywart Borney (Orson Hong), physically imposing but gentle Marcus (Thomas Boyce), and a new female arrival to the moon, Addison (Mckenna Grace, Ghostbusters: Afterlife).
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
Known as the Tank Losange or the Parallélogramme, this style had everything on its dial rakishly shifted 30 degrees to the right, its two vertical shafts connected by two oblique ones, with the numeral 12 sitting in the upper right-hand corner of the dial and the 6 in the opposite corner.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021
Tolmor, a rakishly handsome 51-year-old with thick silver hair, needs this project for reasons that go beyond the desire for a hit production.
—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
Hours, minutes and seconds are displayed in three sub-dials which, along with visible gears and cogs, make up a cluster of various-sized, rakishly off-kilter spheres on a dial that is domed gently by a layer of sapphire crystal.
—Nick Scott, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2022
Though not rakishly streamlined like Concorde, there was an air of glamor to these machines, which would whisk you to the continent in 35 minutes and serve you a drink en route.
—CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
Rios has his own head full of bad memories, chewing rakishly on the stub of a cigar while flying into peril.
—Laurence Scott, Wired, 28 Mar. 2020
Televisions hung from wall units on the calling-room floor; Adam Driver smiled rakishly on one, and the Pistons and the Cavaliers played basketball on another.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
And finally, who is this rakishly handsome devil being interviewed by Shane?
—Chris Kohler, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2008
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
Known as the Tank Losange or the Parallélogramme, this style had everything on its dial rakishly shifted 30 degrees to the right, its two vertical shafts connected by two oblique ones, with the numeral 12 sitting in the upper right-hand corner of the dial and the 6 in the opposite corner.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021
Tolmor, a rakishly handsome 51-year-old with thick silver hair, needs this project for reasons that go beyond the desire for a hit production.
—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
Hours, minutes and seconds are displayed in three sub-dials which, along with visible gears and cogs, make up a cluster of various-sized, rakishly off-kilter spheres on a dial that is domed gently by a layer of sapphire crystal.
—Nick Scott, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2022
Though not rakishly streamlined like Concorde, there was an air of glamor to these machines, which would whisk you to the continent in 35 minutes and serve you a drink en route.
—CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
Rios has his own head full of bad memories, chewing rakishly on the stub of a cigar while flying into peril.
—Laurence Scott, Wired, 28 Mar. 2020
Televisions hung from wall units on the calling-room floor; Adam Driver smiled rakishly on one, and the Pistons and the Cavaliers played basketball on another.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
And finally, who is this rakishly handsome devil being interviewed by Shane?
—Chris Kohler, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2008
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“Rakishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rakishly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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