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Adjective
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And even in what was a stilted match played in an increasingly irritable atmosphere, Rogers and Tielemans delivered with an assist each.—
Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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This stretch can worsen pain in people with back pain, very tight hamstrings, or irritable nerves.—
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Nottingham Forest, European champions in the two previous campaigns under the management of the irascible but brilliant Brian Clough, wanted to sign him — as did Liverpool.—
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But poor casting was only half of it — Charles Walters' 1955 adaptation unfortunately reimagines the heroine as an irascible antisocial brat with delusions of grandeur, all explained away by bizarre contemporary psychoanalysis provided in voice-over.—
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Black audiences have so few representative characters on screen, and Black womanhood alone is so touchy.—
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Manual focus is responsive, too, if a little bit touchy.—
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Instead, this year’s Las Vegas gathering was a tense, testy affair that threatened to resurface old tensions between studios and exhibitors.—
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President Donald Trump also said Friday the U.S. would help Myanmar's recovery despite testy relations between the countries, including recent cuts to foreign aid from the U.S. and sanctions on Myanmar's officials.—
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In footage posted to X (formerly Twitter) on April 15, Sweeney could be seen walking down an aisle in a dramatic white wedding gown featuring a strapless corset bodice and billowing princess skirt.—
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Correspondent Mo Rocca explores the dramatic events of that fateful day 250 years ago; and hears from reenactors about why the colonists' ideals still hold true today.—
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And this emotional but never melodramatic four-part drama, written by Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials) and directed by Michael Keillor, is an unusually empathetic and perceptive example.—
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These were the anarchists, whose isolated but highly publicized acts of individual retaliation were intended as inspirational melodramatic theatre rather than as actual revolutionary politics.—
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Instead, Laurie spends the day on her own, boomeranging back to her friends for a soulful dinner.—
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Rick arrived at the White Lotus with his much younger, much sweeter, much more soulful girlfriend, Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), then almost immediately abandoned her to pop over to Bangkok, to confront Jim.—
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“Perturbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perturbable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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