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superficial

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Partridge, as Coogan reminds us, is like "every superficial" celebrity who just wants to have a public profile.

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"Since social media has taken over, it's a very superficial way of understanding a place… You just see a picture, and then you go."

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Speaking to a group of journalists, Pezeshkian accused foreign powers of seeking a superficial pretext to set the region ablaze, insisting that, despite previous threats, Iran would not quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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The British Dental Association Cymru acknowledged "some important wins" but said "plastering over a few of the biggest cracks is just superficial repairs" and the true cost of care was not reflected.

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“He’s very sad about what happened ... He ended up with a lot of superficial injuries and I think she probably did too,” Dugan said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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