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The results showed that the emotional effects of smiling depended on how often people had to do it and whether they felt pressured.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Biden says he felt an “obligation” to run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Sitting in the state-of-the-art computer lab at Dundee's Abertay University decades on, Jones tells me the developers still felt they had to bring something new to the table.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Owono's club issued a statement on the goalkeeper's behalf on 4 November, in which he said he was experiencing "the most difficult days" of his life and felt "enormous pain" about De Miguel's death.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
I just felt it, certain that when his eyes went down, they were a bit crinkled, or that his lips tipped up just a tiny bit.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Claim to Fame: Mr. Baginskiy is a luxury hatmaker for today’s “It” girls and Instagram stars, best known for his hard-brimmed baker boy caps in wool felts, nubby tweeds and other handcrafted materials.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2020
The same colors appeared on my son’s palms, as he was most taken with the dynamics of uncapping and recapping the felts.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2017
The exterior is cold and raw, but in the rooms the industrial feel is softened with grey felts and fabrics.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2016
All his I thinks, I believeds and I felts could sound self-effacing.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 10, 2015
He pushed the gigantic watch aside, and approached the felts quickly, while the confused ambassador, with widely opened eyes, knew not what to do, to flee naked to another chamber, or hide beneath the covers.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Jeremiah Curtin
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