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Genesis and Swift jumped up and down and held hands as Shakira performed during the awards show while Egypt looked on in awe.
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
In the drawings posted to X on Thursday (Jan. 30), Rih is portrayed sitting behind Rocky, with an intense look on her face.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Camille, Lisa and Irene all fawn over the chair while the saleswoman Sarah (Madison McKinley) looks on with annoyance.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Trump ushers in ‘Golden Age of America,' bashes Biden-Harris admin in inaugural speech
The president assailed the Biden-Harris administration as the former president and vice president looked on.
—Bonny Chu, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
In the drawings posted to X on Thursday (Jan. 30), Rih is portrayed sitting behind Rocky, with an intense look on her face.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Camille, Lisa and Irene all fawn over the chair while the saleswoman Sarah (Madison McKinley) looks on with annoyance.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Trump ushers in ‘Golden Age of America,' bashes Biden-Harris admin in inaugural speech
The president assailed the Biden-Harris administration as the former president and vice president looked on.
—Bonny Chu, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
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As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes just lost 65-52 to an undefeated UCLA team and will look to get back on track on Saturday in another top matchup.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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As part of the study, researchers looked closer at the diversity of these communities in the four evacuation zones by using U.S. census and elementary school data to develop a profile of the people living there.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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The king stares intently into an eternal distance through composite orbs fashioned from alabaster and glass, rendered in varying degrees of clarity, transparency and opacity.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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After suffering a season-ending ankle injury that put him on the injured reserve for the first time in his career, seven-time First-Team All-Pro guard Zack Martin has the possibility of retirement staring him down going into 2025.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Feb. 2025
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Emmy winner Zendaya returns as recovering drug addict Rue Bennett, who somberly gazes over her shoulder in a darkened room in the photo (above) shared Monday.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Her mom gazed on with pride as Doechii delivered a powerful message.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Flaco flying, Flaco preening, Flaco peering in a window, Flaco sitting on a pitcher’s mound.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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The film’s ending is as sculpted as its beginning to ground us emotionally in Lawrence’s perspective, even as the image mostly peers at him from the outside.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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All of this is alarming consumer advocates and ethics experts, who say there is a glaring conflict of interest between the world’s richest person simultaneously presiding over the shutdown of the CFPB while also owning businesses that would benefit from weakened financial regulation.—
Matt Egan,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Mayer paused and by his expression demonstrated, in turn, maternal kindness, sweetness, sacrifice and love, and then glared at Freed and me.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Prominent politicians felt more comfortable insisting that the hikes should remedy the gaping holes Europe currently has in capability, rather than fixating on a percentage.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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Right now, the Raiders have a gaping hole at quarterback.—
Mike Jones,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Does the Eagles front office also view Baun as an outlier?—
Brooks Kubena,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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What To Know Zelensky views Trump as crucial to ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict and revealed that the United States president provided him with his direct phone number ahead of Friday's Munich Security Conference in Germany.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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