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Today, you can find exhaustive lists of Asian martial arts classics that are either sampled on their albums or referenced within their lyrics.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
Lois Romano, a journalist who has reported on several first ladies, sets the record straight in “An Inconvenient Widow,” an exhaustive and sympathetic biography of a woman whose legacy deserves re-examination.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
John Steinbeck’s classic 1952 novel “East of Eden” begins with a lengthy and exhaustive description of the Salinas Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Asylum seekers are subject to an initial screening interview with the Home Office and then an exhaustive "substantive interview" lasting several hours, during which their claims are probed.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The ancient information is written in exhaustive, careful, redundant detail— how to laugh, how to sneeze, how to walk, how to recognize patterns, how to reproduce, how to digest an apple.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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