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make one think



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The happy-faced “One Shot” wouldn’t make one think immediately of the grim-visaged “Adolescence”—one of the year’s better series, by the way—but they do have the same continuous-shooting conceit and same wizard-like director.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Two Feb. 19 front-page articles would make one think so.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

The contextual triggers of him being a footballer make one think of FIFA.

From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2021

Photographs and video of the devastation make one think of a war zone, or the wake of a category-5 hurricane.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2017

He made notes to himself about the strong emotions that make one think about God and heaven.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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