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In a breezy, sun-soaked 90 minutes, Romvari excavates a lifetime of knotted, intergenerational trauma — a phrase that almost feels too heavy and too burdened by cryptic implications, given how this movie explores it.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
The true artist must be the voice of opposition, of negativity, and should bellow “No! in thunder”—the phrase is Melville’s—to the easy affirmations of our complacent society.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The phrase “geofence warrant” disguises the extraordinary nature of what the government actually requested.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
"But the spirit of Anchorage? I never used that phrase."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
“I believe the phrase was ‘already better than the other four.’”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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