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From the moment her face lights up as someone off-frame hands her guitar, the Oscar-winner pitches everything at the level of demented, manic glee.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025 -
Ice Cube handed my favorite group in the world [N.W.A] a loss, but that didn’t stop Eazy-E from discovering Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and making the biggest comeback ever.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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His hands, with their many rings, are broad and eloquent, delicately clasping and unclasping in syncopated claps.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
21 Dec. 2019
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The catalogue librarian, John Myers, unclasped the book’s old cover and sat down to see what was inside.—
Avi Selk,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2018
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Escape to Baja Beach takes place at New Orleans’ bar The Frat House and gives visitors the chance to meet the Mountain Dude.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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In June 1951, the nurses gave their trial patients the first dose of isoniazid.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Unhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhand. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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