bristles
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An exquisite anthology of Cohn’s writing from his early days through the present, “Corner Boy” bristles with the electric, contrarian voice of a working cultural critic.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
She bristles when she realizes some dentists are using AI images to upsell patients—deploying color-coded overlays to dramatize borderline findings and justify questionable treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
His wife hated the new bristles, but he let them grow fuller and wilder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The book bristles with insight and originality, interspersing Vara’s more journalistic expositions with excurses and fragments curated from the author’s expansive digital life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
The cheap, stiff bristles hurt his gums, and he spit some blood into the basin.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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