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shear

[sheer] / ʃɪər /


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That same colleague in turn described how Altman was being replaced by Twitch boss Emmett Shear, or as she called him in her message "rando Twitch guy".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Shear, with a resting face that seems halfway to panic attack, plays Sam, whose free-floating anxiety is enough to make him faint in public after getting laid off.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

As a love story, “Fantasy Life” isn’t particularly original, but the low-key way Mr. Shear realizes some familiar situations is warm and human, with comic aspects and sad ones kept in an appealing balance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Mr. Shear, who also wrote and directed the movie, a feature debut, doesn’t flatter himself as an actor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

If I didn’t run the Shear, Dad would no longer be Dad.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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