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Let Hollywood creatives get back to trying to rip each other’s heads off at the box office, in streaming, online and everywhere else we compete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

But if you listened to talk radio, people were screaming their heads off.

From Slate ● May 7, 2026

It remains to be seen whether Salah will even get the farewell he hinted at when Liverpool play Brighton on Saturday before he heads off to the Africa Cup of Nations.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

We’re introduced to him not as a thief, but as a doting father who wakes at the crack of dawn, tenderly lays his son in bed next to his sister, and heads off to work.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025

Anyway, when he was finished, and everybody was clapping their heads off, old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger


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