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Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
The camera — like Tom, by extension — takes pleasure in the texture of a pitted wall, in the smooth marble of Baroque sculptures, and looks lovingly on all manner of objects, appropriate to a story partially about the power of things to define taste, furnish a life, create a self.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
For her part, Dr. Lee is inundated by Angelenos hoping to emulate the pitted cheeks of Miranda Kerr or Ariana Grande — so much so that securing an appointment with her necessitates a three-month wait time.
—Beatrice Hazlehurst, Allure, 29 Jan. 2024
Subzero temperatures in February also damaged peaches and other pitted fruits, according to the state.
—Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
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But Koudelka had looked intently enough at pitted earth, scarred concrete, and polluted water to find lines, shapes, shades, and shadows in gorgeous combinations.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
The camera — like Tom, by extension — takes pleasure in the texture of a pitted wall, in the smooth marble of Baroque sculptures, and looks lovingly on all manner of objects, appropriate to a story partially about the power of things to define taste, furnish a life, create a self.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
For her part, Dr. Lee is inundated by Angelenos hoping to emulate the pitted cheeks of Miranda Kerr or Ariana Grande — so much so that securing an appointment with her necessitates a three-month wait time.
—Beatrice Hazlehurst, Allure, 29 Jan. 2024
Subzero temperatures in February also damaged peaches and other pitted fruits, according to the state.
—Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
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“Pitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitted. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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