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Most cloud providers, after all, offer more space than the average user knows what to do with.
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Justin Pot, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
With Christmas approaching quickly, loveable loser Charlie Brown is worried the holiday season has become too commercial; after all, the other kids only care about presents and flashy decorations.
—EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Nobody in the rich world, after all, goes house to house asking for old iPhone 6s or Bluetooth speakers.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Part of what helped Guadagnino shoot rapidly — quickly enough, after all, to ensure Starkey was back in teen-soap land right on schedule — was the actors’ connections to their roles.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Justin Pot, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
With Christmas approaching quickly, loveable loser Charlie Brown is worried the holiday season has become too commercial; after all, the other kids only care about presents and flashy decorations.
—EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Nobody in the rich world, after all, goes house to house asking for old iPhone 6s or Bluetooth speakers.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Part of what helped Guadagnino shoot rapidly — quickly enough, after all, to ensure Starkey was back in teen-soap land right on schedule — was the actors’ connections to their roles.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Capitol, however, was morally opposed to leaving any spare change rattling in the kids’ pockets—and the kids agreed.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
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Beyoncé's upcoming halftime show at the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens game on Christmas, which will also air live on the service, however, will be glitch-free — according to her mom, Tina Knowles.Jack Irvin, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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The two countries should nevertheless back the text, according to a diplomatic source.Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 3 Dec. 2024
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In the past five years, the artist’s work has taken the form of increasingly immersive installations that are nevertheless characterized by absence—of sound, light, or a performing figure—and dysfunctional objects (such as representations of cones of light cast in concrete).Ellen Y. Tani, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
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In terms of full-season production, the Cardinals have been a good play regardless, scoring 7.7 PPG, good for 10th in the NFL.Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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And, regardless, the science is clear: lead damages the brain and diminishes cognitive function.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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“After all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/after%20all. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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