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"They all have their issues and their problems and you watch it and then you kind of realise: 'Yeah, I kind of act like that sometimes'," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

There, she can be any version of what the audience believes an obsessed woman might act like — what outrageous and unpredictable things she might do next.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Some people want to act like they don’t care, but I think it’s cool to care.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

“It is my biggest pet peeve that restaurants in the U.S. act like Diet Coke is the only option,” Ike Uche, a college administrator in New York, wrote in an email.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

She had to act like a normal robot, and a normal robot would never wander the city admiring beautiful things.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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