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Gone are the vivid blues and warm oranges and greens, crackling against film grain, that did so much heavy lifting for the first film’s leaden plot.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
On the juicy surface, under the leaden sky and floodlights, Pakistan's trio of seamers made life incredibly hard for England's batters after they resumed on 81-3.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Perhaps an exhibition could explore Jewish artists wrestling with their traditions, but here these objects land like leaden agitprop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Their intended audience includes national security bureaucrats in the U.S. and abroad and the think-tankers and journalists obliged by a sense of professional responsibility to at least scan these generally leaden, cliché-ridden products of groupthink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
We soldered up the leaden coffin, screwed on the coffin-lid, and gathering up our belongings, came away.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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