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The California Craft Beer Summit, an annual trade show/convention/hops-heavy-hootenanny, will roll into our state capital March 19-22.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
Before this year’s hootenanny, read through past years’ live chats that have made this tradition special.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
The Naked Susan story begins with an innocent enough family game of charades but has an ending for the hootenanny ages that includes a significant cliffhanger.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
But new to even him was a reproduction of a 1959 photo of Dylan sitting among some students at a hootenanny on the University of Minnesota campus, recently donated by the man sitting next to young Dylan in the picture.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 11 May 2022
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
Before this year’s hootenanny, read through past years’ live chats that have made this tradition special.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
The Naked Susan story begins with an innocent enough family game of charades but has an ending for the hootenanny ages that includes a significant cliffhanger.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
But new to even him was a reproduction of a 1959 photo of Dylan sitting among some students at a hootenanny on the University of Minnesota campus, recently donated by the man sitting next to young Dylan in the picture.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 11 May 2022
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Grohl plays drums and sings, while Benante plays bass on the track, proceeds of which will go to help Bad Brains' singer H.R., who has undergone treatment for painful headaches.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
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The Oscar-winner sings, fights zombies, and almost punches a baby in EW's roundup of her best roles.Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
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Lenovo’s claim appears to be that the Legion 9i can fully cool itself with this method, no thingamajig needed.Monica Chin, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2023
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Shot in 2021, the film apparently featured a crew of Ukrainian gangsters as the henchmen of Hugh Grant’s billionaire arms dealer antagonist, Greg Simmonds (who is brokering the thingamajig deal).Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
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The turn that even the most regal of short kings would be promptly discarded for any dingus who looks like Jacob Elordi is the episode’s most successful use of the actor’s appearance as a plot point.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
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Almost all are some form of dingus.Dan Carson, Chron, 16 Apr. 2021
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Chanel Beads: Your Day Will Come After years of feeling adrift in the local Seattle DIY scene, Shane Lavers had an epiphany at a jam session that led him to take guitar music seriously and move to New York.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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Or Jimi Hendrix, ready for another jam session lasting until at least 3 a.m.Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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Driven by a passion for understanding the intricate mechanisms of the human immune system, Dr. Halpert’s expertise evolved into a mission: revolutionizing cancer treatment.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Using this mechanism, the metasheet can be remotely controlled to push items around by raising and lowering different areas.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2024
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In fact, one of my abiding pleasures in life is finding small but transformative thingamabobs—frivolous and not at all necessary items that don’t cost much but can make life a bit sparklier, a bit easier, or just a bit sillier.Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
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Want to make a new crypto, or a new crypto thingamabob?Clem Chambers, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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The church annually has a songfest following Dec. 25, which actually begins the Christmas season, but this one will honor the Rev. Wally Hyclak, who is retiring Jan. 1.cleveland, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2019
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The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names.Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 29 May 2018
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The final piece of the puzzle snaps into place as the gang attends a party thrown by Mac’s friend and former producer Roya (Haven Burton), who happens to own the monkey that gave Mac that embarrassing small-mouth hickey.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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The suction cups are left on the body somewhere between five to 10 minutes, which is why the circle marks (which are comparable to a bruise… or even a hickey) appear.Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Hootenanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hootenanny. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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