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But Buckley also welcomed literary talent to his pages: Joan Didion, Arlene Croce, Garry Wills, George Will, the literary critic Hugh Kenner, and John Leonard, a Harvard dropout who joined National Review at nineteen and went on to become a legendary editor of the Times Book Review.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025 -
From dropout to overachiever For most of her life, Mui struggled to fit into society’s mold.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
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In an effort to figure out who the traitor on his team is, Ethan Hunt needs the NOC list, which contains the identities of every American spy.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
27 May 2025
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The Confederacy — traitors — were fighting to keep my ancestors enslaved.—
Hashim Coates,
Denver Post,
5 May 2025
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Set in a crumbling Japanese metropolis rebuilt after a devastating explosion, Akira follows teenage rebels Kaneda and Tetsuo as secret government experiments unleash psychic forces capable of unmaking the world.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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Bombs go off to separate the authorities from the rebels.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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The other senators are immediately abuzz, and Mothma has to be smuggled out of the spherical senate chamber to avoid abduction by a turncoat.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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Its players are turncoats whose legacies are forever stained.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Leaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaver. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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