closed shop

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Noun
  • To step onto a red carpet, enveloped in her sculptural, statuesque folds of fabric has become a rite of passage for young stars scaling new heights–the dress functioning as a symbolic on-ramp for the beloved ingénue turned bombshell.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The backpack has a 20-liter capacity but folds into a small pouch when not in use.
    Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Both films also are period pieces that had Phillips tapping her impressive network of vintage resources — dealers, archivists, collectors and rental houses.
    Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Goldberg and Chung founded the network to address significant gaps in women’s sports broadcasting by delivering accessible coverage to fans in 65 countries across the globe.
    Caroline Fitzgerald, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Since canines’ role in improving the well-being of individuals became evident, many organizations entered the market, offering professional training services tailored to specific needs.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • O’Donnell’s story reminded me of the insidious way in which an organization’s culture and purpose can shift.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • While in college, he was employed as a head counselor in the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies Program from May through September of 2019.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Lamar McKnight had been a star football player in college before becoming a coach and had been with Hudson Catholic for the past year after a stint at Union.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • However, refusing to give up on his dream of becoming an avid writer of fiction, the young author brings talent, dogged determination and a marketing savvy mindset to break through the industry’s perennial clique.
    Sonya Rehman, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Even the most fearsome clique of them all, the Manhattan private all-girls school vampires, are there.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Yet, his John Dutton was on the funeral set and even in the elegant coffin to remind everyone of the moment's gravity, director and executive producer Christina A. Voros tells USA TODAY.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Macaulay Culkin probably has a number of great stories from his time on set while working on Home Alone, but there's one that scarred him for life.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The upcoming Season 5 finale of Yellowstone will not be the end of the Dutton clan’s story.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Any recognition of Somaliland as an independent state will result in dangerous repercussions, including exacerbating internal divisions between the various clans of Somaliland that support independence and others that seek to remain within the Somali federal state.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Earlier this year, French, Italian, and Swiss police forces teamed up to bust a ring of wine fraudsters who were selling counterfeited Grand Cru wines (the premier designation of quality in French wine) for up to €15,000 a bottle.
    Chris Hall, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
  • As of April, Mizuhara had net losses of $40.2 million with the ring, the complaint states.
    Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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