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The Ballad of Wallis Island sees Key play Charles, an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of reuniting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer, a duo played by Basden and Promising Young Woman's Carey Mulligan, for a private show.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
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He’s invited her along on a business trip, to the wilderness retreat of eccentric zillionaire Odell (Richard E. Grant), the head of a hugely lucrative pharmaceuticals company.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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The lending revenue is meaningful only in portfolios that include flaky small companies.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Some dry, flaky skin may not itch at all and would unlikely be atopic dermatitis.—
Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2025
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Another space that sparks creativity is a quirky restaurant or dive—experiencing a new dish fills me with gratitude and an urge to explore more, which opens my mind to fresh ideas and innovative planning personally and professionally.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
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The quirky humor characteristic to details of the game such as night falling every 20 minutes and Steve’s collection of unisex turquoise blouses left behind in a storage unit with a vintage Atari also spawn laughs.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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Relievers have always been volatile, prone to inconsistency and bouts of wildness.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Trading since has been extremely volatile, with the stock down 13% on Friday, leaving it 18% above its IPO price.—
Annie Palmer,Leslie Picker,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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On the one hand, there is the impetuous, often swaggering young writer whose sometimes brash, sometimes tender personality vividly emerges from the hundred-odd poems that have come down to us.—
Daniel Mendelsohn,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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The sometimes impetuous Nasser and the reserved and uncharismatic Hasan al-Hudaybi, the Brotherhood’s general guide (the top official) at this time, grew to hate each other in the years immediately following the revolution.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2018
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Among the topics discussed: The Nuggets are in the middle of a mercurial stretch of basketball that’s included some of their best (Nikola Jokic’s 30-20-20 vs. Phoenix) and worst (Wizards loss) games of the season.—
AAron Ontiveroz,
The Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2025
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Like Jackson, Solomon has a mercurial, aspiring politician of a son, Junior (Glenn Davis), who, in the timeline of Purpose, is just out of a prison term for tax fraud, and whose wife, Morgan (Alana Arenas), is about to go in and serve her time.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Crankish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crankish. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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