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In adapting the premise for TV, series creator Nick Antosca dilutes the movies’ naked menace by pouring reasonable doubt into both Max’s profile and that of the Bowdens, the married lawyers behind his downfall.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
World championship leader Kimi Antonelli was sixth fastest for Mercedes, one place behind McLaren's Oscar Piastri.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Another 40,000 or so said the proposal “prevents investors like me from accessing information about companies; lets companies hide behind closed doors; and allows fraud to fester.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
His hair slicked; his hands behind his back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Shayna asks, her eyes glued on something behind me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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"It is the first moment that separates our heads from our behinds."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2024
Research published Thursday in the journal Science suggests they feed their hatchlings a milk-like substance too, but from their behinds.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Nor is it necessarily true that older political leaders invariably hang on to their seats as if with what Orwell called prehensile behinds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
If the AeroCollect works well, he won’t need to don masks and gloves and get permission to draw chickens’ blood and swab their behinds.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 5, 2023
You have spent an enormous amount of money retooling your furniture factory, and still more making sure that, say, the mesh on the Aeron doesn’t pinch the behinds of people who sit in it.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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