unassuming
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The mustachioed brothers of "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" and Ryan Gosling's unassuming teacher-turned-astronaut in "Project Hail Mary" are civilization-saving heroes in their own worlds.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Honoring these unassuming entities is the main focus of a new community exhibit, titled “Our Empire,” at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
It’s unassuming at first due to its sheer simplicity.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
It is currently a large, unassuming patch of farmland in East Ayrshire - but within years it could be one of the largest artificial intelligence data centres on Earth.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
But Griffith, an unassuming, painfully shy scientist—“this tiny man who...barely spoke above a whisper”—could hardly be expected to broadcast the broader relevance or appeal of his results.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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