shakes

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"They're the best of us," said Laverty, who won best screenplay at Cannes for Ken Loach's "I, Daniel Blake" and "The Wind that Shakes the Barley".

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Appeared in the January 29, 2026, print edition as 'Syria’s Kurdish Fight Shakes Trump’s Policy'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

This year, Seattle Shakes takes on one of the Bard’s earliest plays, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” in which a pair of friends vie for the affections of the same woman.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

The curtain raised on the newly titled “Quixote Nuevo“ at Cal Shakes in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

I tell her about Curtis and the gift cards and listening to Alabama Shakes and the Pixies and Patti Smith all the time.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon