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Diners dig in surrounded by a dizzying mishmash of décor, like a rotating roster of VHS tapes that play on a projector screen or artwork sourced from longtime customers and Indiana's finest Goodwill stores.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Boxing scenes in movies, other than in a handful of classics, tend to start to look all the same, a mishmash of beads of sweat and blood and jowels distended, all fists flying and battering as two men catapult and careen across the ring.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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Lost in the shuffle at times is the 35-year-old George — in large part this season because of a 25-game suspension for flunking a drug test — who has deferred to the other three Sixers when needed yet can still flash that All-Star form.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Yankees’ roster shuffle continued Wednesday morning, as the team designated Randal Grichuk for assignment.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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At the very least, the clutter will be contained, leaving your spaces tidier in the interim.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2026
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Try Going Paperless Try opting into paperless options for bills, newsletters, papers, and magazines to keep the clutter from ever arriving at your doorstep.—
Sheila Kim,
The Spruce,
29 Apr. 2026
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Blue Hill, as a private nonprofit, avoided much of this maelstrom.—
Laura Martin Agudelo,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Now, however, a study published today in Nature is challenging this sedate view, suggesting instead that the solar system’s first solids stormed into being much faster from sudden temperature shifts in the disk’s turbulent maelstrom.—
Javier Barbuzano,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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Previous studies on these fascinating, transitioning galaxies were a bit of a hodgepodge.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Today’s trivia finishes up May-issue week with a hodgepodge of topics from the magazine.—
Drew Goins,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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What began as a miscellany of Welsh, Cornish, and other folktales about a questionably historical Romano-British leader cohered into legend largely as a function of cultural exchange.—
Nat Segnit,
Harpers Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, conversations and pending miscellanies are becoming more important.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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When their news anchor (Peter Finch) has a nervous breakdown on the air, suddenly their ratings turn around, bringing on a moral morass only some of them are prepared to face.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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And that concludes our journey through the morass.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Giants’ motley run matches the 1937-55 St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles (also in left field) for the longest streak in major-league history featuring a different player at the same position on Opening Day.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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The neutral design appeals to people of all genders and with a motley of styles.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Bollix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollix. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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