familiarity
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And yet, the pull is rooted in familiarity.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
On paper, they overlap on a lot—especially on affordability, a centerpiece of his campaign—but McMorrow is more legible to party leadership: governing experience, institutional familiarity, stronger fundraising.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
“Widow’s Bay” reaches deep into that bag of tropes, but it’s all part of the game; familiarity breeds anticipation, which breeds fear.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
And yet: The sheer number of YouTube and Spotify playlists of TV themes old and new suggests that our primal pop-culture brains long for some of the familiarity and comfort they once reliably triggered.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
She phoned her parents every chance she could, begging them to let her return to the familiarity of Monroe.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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