afoot
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In Georgia Bernstein’s alluringly listless “Night Nurse,” something is afoot at a luxury retirement community.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Heavy touches, slow afoot, playing like they had the weight of the World Cup on their shoulders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
From week to week, I try not to make a big deal of the fact that most SUVs and crossovers, regardless of pedigree, are overweight, top heavy, undersprung and generally clumsy afoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
But precious metals are in the headlines now, he added, and there are possible “tectonic” shifts afoot.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 11, 2026
All day one could feel something was afoot.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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