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Marvel’s Luke Cage, fronted by Mike Colter, bowed in September 2016 and flexed its muscle for two seasons, while Marvel’s Iron Fist, with Finn Jones in the title role of Danny Rand, launched in March 2017 and (somehow) also lasted two seasons.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
19 Feb. 2025 -
She’s fronted a jewelry campaign for Pasquale Bruni and multiple campaigns for Guess.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
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On the internet, you are confronted with different perspectives on reality.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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Then, in November, with the election of Donald Trump and the Republicans’ return to power in Congress, the question of how best to respond to opioid-use disorder was confronted with new uncertainty.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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But as major European allies face economic woes, maintaining the flow of funds and weapons in the long run will be a struggle, especially if the United States scales back its sizable chunk of military aid.—
Isabelle Khurshudyan and Ellen Francis The Washington Post,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Feb. 2025
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Such a shift invokes concomitant issues, ones that Bentley is not alone in facing.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
9 Feb. 2025
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How can breast cancer support groups help patients and survivors?—
Sam Manzella,
Flow Space,
30 Sep. 2024
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Advertisement Cronin doesn’t feel like a marathoner who has breasted the tape so much as one in the middle of a race.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2024
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Sandy Liang Emhoff braved the cold at Sandy Liang, layering a puff-sleeve baby-doll dress over baggy light wash jeans.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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George Clooney braved the New York City cold on Thursday, Feb. 7 for one very special reason.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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In one incident, a male cop at Harlem’s 32nd Precinct dared a male detective to drink the express milk a sergeant had just pumped.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The shoes at the show were just as eye-catching as the hats, so large that some models didn’t dare to walk down the stairs to the end of the runway but rather strutted right to the edge of the stairwell—maybe a nod to the storyline of Dracula’s muses not being able to escape.—
Kerane Marcellus,
Essence,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Face up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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