contradictions
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It didn’t hurt that Smith gave the performance of a lifetime, putting her heart and soul into the melodramatic contradictions of the character, antagonizing Arnold one second and swooning over him the next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
He sees contradictions – uncertain youth in a powerful, assertive country; disillusionment despite huge advancement – and his job, he says, is to unpack what is driving it.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The only thing for sale at Mr. Sachs’s store might be contemplative contradictions, but I for one am buying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Whatever happens, the contradictions in the Vance household aren’t going away.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Each story Werner hears contains its own flaws and contradictions, as though the truth is a machine whose gears are not meshing.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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