approvingly
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My mother remarked, approvingly, that the lighting didn’t give her a migraine.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Speaking to BBC-produced Newyddion S4C, external from New York, Charles said his wife Katherine would "smile approvingly and knowingly".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It hadn’t, although that 2023 decision, written by Chief Justice Roberts, approvingly quoted Harlan’s Plessy dissent, and Justice Thomas filed a solo concurrence “to offer an originalist defense of the colorblind Constitution.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even then, though, the court did not commit itself entirely: Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion approvingly quoted Harlan, but stopped short of announcing that colorblindness was now the law.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
While Ma tastes her clear broth chicken noodle soup, I drop two whole red chili peppers in my bowl as Pa looks on approvingly.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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