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“Poltergeist” was, notably, a summertime Amblin release that similarly riffed on classic creature scares — updating dusty, old ghost tropes with new ideas — much like Mitchell does with his dino-time-travel extravaganza.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
"It's a classic example of corporate greed over valuing customers," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
She also worked with costume designer Jennifer L. Bryan and others to turn the dining room into a swinging 1960s poker lounge reminiscent of a classic James Bond film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Michigan-based Hagerty Insurance, which specializes in insuring classic and enthusiast vehicles, has seen the number of 2000s Honda Civics and Toyota Corollas it insures more than double in the past three years alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
It was the classic kind, the sort of spinning wheel most people imagined if they needed to form a mental picture of one.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Collectors are ditching the rare Corvettes and picking up Honda Civics and Ford Tauruses as classics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
These rice rolls, siu mai dumplings, egg waffles, and curried fish balls, the classics remain.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Sound advice for a struggling new parent: Slate’s advice columnists have heard it all over the years, so our parenting advice column has been bringing back some classics from the archives.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
On Sunday it was powerhouse classics legend Van der Poel who took victory after charging away with 11km remaining with Pogacar.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
We were joined by Gerrit Viljoen, the minister of constitutional development, a brilliant man with a doctorate in classics, whose role was to bring our discussions into a constitutional framework.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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