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Possessing impressive technical and physical ability, he is seen as an exciting modern wing-back in the Jeremie Frimpong and Jurrien Timber mould.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Possessing tools which are effective across all surfaces has seen Draper turn into a French Open contender.

From BBC • May 31, 2025

Possessing no eyes, no mouth and no face, with an almost alien lurching gait, that nightmarish figure will reappear every so often, its return always upsetting and unexplained.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

Possessing signifiers of a morality play, “The Lehman Trilogy” is, curiously enough, missing a moral center.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

Possessing great courage and high goals, he could not have conducted himself in any other manner, and his plans were frustrated solely by the brevity of Alexander’s life and by his own illness.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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