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As she’s recently learned, it’s an adventure that sails smack into islands of musky internet trolls and clashes with cinematic and literary titans like Christopher Nolan and Joyce Carol Oates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Those intensified recruitment efforts were on full display at the rodeo, when a Border Patrol SUV and recruitment tent were parked smack in the middle of the Fan Zone outside the arena.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Today I learned about the “Tootsie Shot,” a famous and often-used mini-scene that features a busy midtown street with everyone going somewhere—and the protagonist smack in the middle.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026

“Backrooms” is a film only a 20-year-old — someone whose existence sits smack in-between decades of uniform past and the blip of a recent few years filled with massive change — could make.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

One of the seafood workers—a huge man, dressed in an orange apron—throws an entire salmon across the counter, where it lands in another man’s arms with a wet smack.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day