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Trump will be looking for loyalty above all else, and screening out any whiff of heterodox or independent thinking, from his next appointees.

Empire's four-star review praised other members of the cast as well - Pedro Pascal is "as charismatic as ever" and Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger as Roman Emperor twins "rival Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus from the original Gladiator in terms of crazed volatility and also have a distinct whiff of the ultimate mad emperor Caligula".

That being said, one whiff of this soy-based candle — and the other film-inspired ones I waved under my nose at the Los Feliz flea market recently — and I knew I had some winners.

One can see the logic in DeSantis, who has built his career on anti-wokeness, taking on weed, which still carries a vague whiff of the anti-capitalist left.

After his 111-yard receiving, two-touchdown effort against the New Orleans Saints — a game in which he became the first Chargers rookie since Keenan Allen in 2013 to have 100 yards receiving in a game — McConkey smiled shyly when the faintest whiff of praise was directed toward him.