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hollowness



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I’ve just spent months reporting on the hollowness of America’s gifted education apparatus, of the term itself, of cognitive testing specifically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Unrelenting hollowness robs the film of any impact or meaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

The hollowness of the portrait of Charles rests on both its artist and its subject, neither of whom seem here to have anything really to say but are saying it loudly nonetheless.

From Salon ● May 17, 2024

But while he is most remembered for those tracks, they comprised only a portion of his whole catalog, which also included tenderly lighthearted love songs and numbers about the hollowness of masculinity.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

Suddenly I'm behind the bakery and I can feel the chill of the rain running down my back, the hollowness in my belly.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins


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