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It’s a vibe, perhaps, best captured in a social-media meme catching fire this summer that highlights videos of old trucks, classic rock and a simpler way of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Heisenberg: Isidor is a classic FPL trap at the moment.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Sudeikis shrugged, and, in classic Ted Lasso style, told her he thought she could do it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
So many of the scenarios on these apps present classic examples of a perverse incentive, in which the structure of a system encourages undesirable results.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
This practice of inferring the motivations and intentions of others is classic thin-slicing.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Mr. Kaldellis, a professor of classics at the University of Chicago, shows a refreshing willingness to question the received wisdom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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
Recently turned 71, Kurosawa is renowned for horror classics like 1997’s “Cure” and 2001’s “Pulse.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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
I argued that a year of classics could only bolster and enrich this now highly desirable course of study in English Literature.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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