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His boisterous persona was more comical than confrontational, a hot-air balloon of strutting pomposity punctured by his family.—
Jim McKairnes,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Lacking the pop cultural connection of Vox Lux, The Brutalist’s pomposity becomes unrelatable, if not repugnant.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Jan. 2025
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Anyway, political verbosity, as measured by State of the Union addresses, has risen during the twenty-first century.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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When that’s chucked in a blender with his own penchant for spiky-savvy verbosity, the results fizz and pop.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
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Medvedev's comments, posted to Telegram on Saturday, suggested that Vance's rhetoric took European leaders by surprise and aligned with Russian criticisms of Western democracies.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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However, Baird’s Mayfield noted that traders will likely be kept on their toes in regards to trade policy, and will have to learn to live with the uncertainty around the president’s rhetoric on trade.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Music Box Revue, Music Box The fourth of these annual rhapsodies in expense.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
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Get ready to ride the rhapsody of today’s top fashion trend.—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
17 Dec. 2024
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National Weather Service officials said wind chills of about 20 below zero are expected Wednesday morning as well as possible snow late in the afternoon making road conditions slippery.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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An extreme cold warning is issued when dangerously cold air temperatures or wind chill values are expected or occurring.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Feb. 2025
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World & Nation Profile : Le Pen: Dark Side of the French Soul : Crude, powerful and dangerous, the onetime barroom brawler with the mesmerizing oratory has built a career on hatred.—
Thomas Adamson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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Netanyahu has done little to aid Ukraine even in his oratory.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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