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praise

[preyz] / preɪz /




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Thayil’s memoir will absolutely encourage readers to listen again, or listen deeper, or even listen for the first time, and that’s really the highest praise you can give a rock and roll memoir.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Born in Siberia and trained in France, Andreeva has been touted for greatness since her breakthrough at the 2023 Madrid Open - where her talent and fearlessness led to praise from Andy Murray.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Analysts praise ServiceTitan’s AI integration, particularly its Max program, and boos their price targets on the stock.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

In her book, she now explains that “as a teacher” she believed in “leading with praise no matter how bad the test result or essay is.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Ursus didn’t bother to reply, but took Kepler’s praise out of context and published it as a kind of endorsement of some of his own work—which, as it happens, was critical of Tycho.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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