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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

The more carbon there is in soil, we’re told, the more water it can hold and the more it can act like the “carbon sink” it’s inclined to be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“Who would act like that except someone who thinks they can do whatever they want and there’s no consequences?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

But I didn’t want to pretend to be a celebrity and act like a jerk, either.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman




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