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The groom has two brothers: Thomas (Jack Reynor, resurrected from a midsummer ritual), accompanied by his pregnant wife, Abby (Fanning elder Dakota); and Will, on the angry cusp of 18 and sweet on a server.
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
The Standard & Poor’s 500 sank 2.1% to give back a chunk of the gains from a three-week winning streak that had carried it to the cusp of its all-time high.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
The nation feels on a cusp of a major turning point.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Haniyeh had played a leading role representing Hamas in months-long truce negotiations, which have repeatedly appeared to reach the cusp of a breakthrough, only to collapse at the last moment.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 31 July 2024
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
The Standard & Poor’s 500 sank 2.1% to give back a chunk of the gains from a three-week winning streak that had carried it to the cusp of its all-time high.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
The nation feels on a cusp of a major turning point.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Haniyeh had played a leading role representing Hamas in months-long truce negotiations, which have repeatedly appeared to reach the cusp of a breakthrough, only to collapse at the last moment.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 31 July 2024
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“Cusp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cusp. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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