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Instead, the playbook is straightforward – identify a problem, then propose an overly restrictive governing scheme that couches the political favoritism as a beneficial expansion of the regulatory state.—
Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Everybody bleeds, everybody sleeps, and, yes, everybody poops.—
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Mauricio Umansky, of The Agency, a global luxury real estate agency, has a finger on the pulse of the city that never sleeps.—
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His castmate Ashley Walters was also in the running for the category, along with Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty both earning nods for their performances and Adolescence being up for Best Television Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television.—
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While the movie also scored nods in the Best Original Song and Cinematic and Box Office Achievement categories, it was left off the Best Motion Picture bill this time around.—
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“Lies (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lies%20%28down%29. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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