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stars (in)

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present tense third-person singular of star (in)

as in interprets

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In a recent Science study, researchers show that the Laurentide reached its smallest size about 3,600 years ago, then started re-expanding roughly 2,000 years ago, which the team interprets as the opening move of the next glaciation.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
For one, estrogen helps regulate how the nervous system interprets pain signals.

— Cheyenne Buckingham, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026

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Dressed as Holmes and seated in a set version of the prison visitation room, Seyfried acts out lines from a script based on Fielder’s recollection of the conversation.

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2026
Jo, raised by her grandmother, is hyperactive, wild, free-spirited, and a talented artist but often acts out in school.

— Parents, Parents, 25 Sep. 2026

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And actress Sarah Pidgeon, who portrays Bessette Kennedy in Ryan Murphy’s series, is still channeling her style for red-carpet turns.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
Mariana Treviño portrays Santi’s mother Elena, and Marc Maron portrays one of Pryce’s oldest friends and former golf gaddies, Mitts.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

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When his detective twin brother, James, disappears, Ludwig impersonates him to help his sister-in-law, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), solve the mystery.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026
Security researchers at Jamf Threat Labs have uncovered CrashStealer, a new Mac information stealer that impersonates Apple's crash-reporting software.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

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But acts like this work best when there’s a discernable back-and-forth—think Starlito’s deadpan baritone next to Don Trip’s sandpaper yawp, or Method Man’s sultry bruiser clearing the way for Redman’s scrappy smart-ass routine.

— Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
The book also acts as a reparative rejoinder to Joseph McBride’s highly critical Capra bio The Catastrophe of Success, which was released in 1992, a year after the director’s death.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

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After a long chase Rama is able to kill the deer with his arrow, but, before dying, Maricha imitates Rama’s voice and cries out for Sita and Lakshmana.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Constantin Brâncuși’s marble-and-limestone sculpture L’oiseau (1923/1947), for example, commands the space, while Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2022 photograph tree filling window imitates an open window in a closed space.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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