as in preoccupation
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His camera’s graceful gyrations render all the more explicit the inextricable bond of dramas and their landscapes, embodying the film’s ideal of a physical and aesthetic connection with nature—its preoccupations with the spiritual dimensions of landscape and climate, color and texture.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025 -
Schrader doubles down on his thematic and stylistic preoccupations — Bressonian visual gestures, Dostoyevskian spiritual journeys, and a pointed social conscience, to name a few — but The Card Counter never feels like a retread of past ideas.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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Magnesium glycinate and citrate are likely to be similar in absorption—the body absorbs both forms well.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
7 Feb. 2025
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Fiber also helps slow digestion and the absorption of sugar.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Even haters of the Golden Arches might find charms in He’s project, whose page edges are colored so that the book, when closed, looks like an abstraction of a Big Mac: two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun.—
Craig Nakano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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Hail Mary represents a new phase in Godard’s development toward poetic abstraction and spiritual contemplation.—
Armond White,
National Review,
20 Dec. 2024
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In her interpretation, these songs become transcendent, soul-shattering meditations on life and loss.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Combined with practices like mindfulness meditation, yoga, and massage therapy, retreats help participants significantly lower stress levels.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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