But as all the world knows, Edmond Dantès did rise again, transformed from an innocent young sailor into that courtly yet implacable avenger, the Count of Monte Cristo.
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Michael Dirda,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
Some supporters of the Wide Awakes’ rebirth have expressed hesitance about its aesthetics, especially the optics of torch-wielding vigilantes marching through the streets.
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Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Apr. 2026
Season 2 followed Cross in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.
Montgomery has barely been in the big leagues for two months but has already put his name alongside a couple of franchise icons (and another hard-core punisher of baseballs).
The Flyers steamrolled through the first three games against their long-time nemesis in Crosby and the Penguins.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
The sequel revolves around journalist Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) reuniting with her former nemesis editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) to save the fashion magazine.
City Councilman Chi Ossé’s arrest outside a Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone to protest the perennial scourge of deed theft may have had the right sentiments, but Ossé had the wrong address.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
The ongoing outcry surrounding Jeffrey Epstein is on some level a reckoning with the scourge of child abuse and the impunity of the elites.
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