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No one, that is, except for her iconic mentors, including the late Maya Angelou and Cicely Tyson. Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025 For those curious what steers the voting body of the Screen Actors Guild these days — what, that is, beyond unflinching adoration for long-time favorites — check out a few highlights below. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025 This year, Popeye the Sailor joins Mickey as a new entrant to the public domain — that is, shedding his core copyright protections on Jan. 1. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024 Until April, that is, when the league smashed the record at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for that 
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  • Trendy purses, jeans, and dresses are also chef’s kiss, according to Brittany Mahomes, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mindy Kaling, so keep scrolling to score styles from $17 now.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Lynch’s canon was so tremendous that each of his many fans and acolytes likely had different entry points into it.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • What's Next Officials in Butler County, Pennsylvania, are likely to release further information related to the investigation in the coming days.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The findings highlight the urgent need to address threats to prevent further species declines and losses and could help to inform future efforts to reduce the loss of freshwater biodiversity, the researchers said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • Mainstream economists have warned that the Trump agenda could be inflationary, perhaps very inflationary.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Ironically, Trump’s recent comments have the potential of achieving something very different than their aim by encouraging Greenland’s prime minister, Mute Egede, to propose a referendum in 2025 on full independence.
    Scott L. Montgomery, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • But now he’s got a smart guy on the opposite side of the law who is his equal.
    Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Dragon Tiny Homes Elsewhere, over on the opposite side of the tiny house to the living room is the bathroom, which includes a vanity sink (not pictured), a flushing toilet, and a shower.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 11 Jan. 2025
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  • The recovery process will be extremely expensive and emotionally challenging in the months and years to come.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Indications include the way that the video is taken from extremely close to the tank at low level, and the operator display which is typical of FPVs rather than scouts.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • Some are contracted by insurance companies and other times are hired directly by affluent homeowners.
    Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • First lady Jill Biden, second-gentleman Doug Emhoff and several other former spouses of the president were also present, with the exception of Michelle Obama, whose office did not provide details explaining her absence.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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  • The 'last really windy day' amid LA wildfires Firefighters are working to get control of two massive wildfires that have decimated the Los Angeles area and caused thousands to evacuate.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Local officials need to exploit that vulnerability to protect Carroll’s citizens from lawmakers who want to raise their taxes, run their schools and really don’t care what the people of Carroll County think about anything.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • How fast these farther galaxies are receding from us (which is easily read off from their color) divided by their distances gives H0.
    Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Orbeliani made the case that as a Christian nation Georgia was a natural pro-Western ally and a gateway to the Caucasus and farther east.
    Andrew North, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2016

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