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as in user
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
an inspiring story about addicts who seek help and manage to kick their habit
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as in lover
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
science-fiction addicts who eagerly await each new installment in the series
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For first-time viewers, the carnival of characters which gives the series its richness for addicts such as this viewer, may seem initially confusing.
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Gail Williams, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
Through this mise-en-scène, viewers adopt the position of addicts and initiate a kind of twelve-step program toward recovery from their dependency on substances and perhaps even colonialist power dynamics.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Essay Confessions of a Self-Help Addict Haley Mlotek A self-help addict explains why.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Zillow addicts and fans of the reality TV show Selling Sunset can live vicariously through rich and famous house-hunters in New York City, as Selling the City, out Jan. 3, offers a look into the apartments in sky-high buildings with sky-high price tags.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Jan. 2025
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Gail Williams, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
Through this mise-en-scène, viewers adopt the position of addicts and initiate a kind of twelve-step program toward recovery from their dependency on substances and perhaps even colonialist power dynamics.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Essay Confessions of a Self-Help Addict Haley Mlotek A self-help addict explains why.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Zillow addicts and fans of the reality TV show Selling Sunset can live vicariously through rich and famous house-hunters in New York City, as Selling the City, out Jan. 3, offers a look into the apartments in sky-high buildings with sky-high price tags.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Jan. 2025
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In 1996 MicroStrategy brought out its first product allowing users, via the Web or an intranet, to query a database without special desktop software.—
Janet Novack,
Forbes,
30 Jan. 2025
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The edgy Portland Art Museum will unveil major renovations later this year, including an interactive experience and intuitive user pathways.—
Amanda Calnan Vowels,
AFAR Media,
30 Jan. 2025
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She was convicted in the 2001 murder, along with her lover and fellow Sunday school teacher, James Pavatt.—
Christina Coulter,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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The event brings together hundreds of religious motorcycle lovers, while raising funds to benefit St Luke’s Center, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility operated by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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What prompted the freak-out was Netflix’s warning that growth in the first part of 2022 would be slowing down — way down, as in nearly half of the 2021 Q1 growth.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2022
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The latest episode of the Fox first responder series saw a freak storm system wreak havoc at a carnival, particularly for a newly single dad, Trevor (Lucifer's D.B. Woodside), who had to be rescued by the 126 twice in one day.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2023
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For many fans, the idea of Cena's final WrestleMania match being against a newbie like Paul—rather than a more traditional title defense—has sparked significant backlash.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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At the same time, the expectations have only grown, with film fans and market attendees eager to see the Berlinale return to its past glory when it was counted alongside Cannes and Venice as one of the world’s top three film festivals.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jan. 2025
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The writer-director is more than a murder-mystery junkie.—
A.A. Dowd,
Chron,
25 Jan. 2023
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Kingsbury is a football junkie who’s going to walk away with great on-the-job experience and reportedly about $30 million after getting sacked with several years left on his contract.—
Greg Moore,
The Arizona Republic,
10 Jan. 2023
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Or, as they are officially known, scorpion suckers.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Many gardeners do nothing but remove suckers from the base of the shrub or tree forms and entangled branches or limbs that may affect movement around the plants.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2025
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But fashion fiends have been particularly thrilled with Goldberg styling the Oscar nominee in younger labels like newly minted LVMH Prize winner Hodakova, New York darling Colleen Allen, and ultra-cool sunglasses brand Thistles.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
3 Dec. 2024
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Now that movie’s writer-director, Leigh Whannell, has returned to bring another classic fiend into the 21st century, with Poor Things scoundrel Christopher Abbott as a family man who starts feeling a little hairy after a full-moon encounter at his childhood home.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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After all, few countries do transitional indoor-outdoor living spaces quite like Mexico does, which is why design enthusiasts, digital nomads, and jet-setters head below the border in droves whenever the need for sun and visual inspiration strikes.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Sill delivers indoor and outdoor plants, gardening essentials and accessories to plant enthusiasts in all 48 states.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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