thriller

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The SpaceX initial public offering was expected to deliver exciting twists and turns, fireworks, and flare-ups—the kind of drama usually reserved for a summer thriller.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

It might give you a hint as to what's happened - if there has been a seven-goal thriller, for example - but we won't be giving you the winner or the result.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In addition to the challenge of finding the appropriate music for a 1970s spy thriller set in Russia, “Ponies” music supervisor Kier Lehman couldn’t license any music from the country due to current international sanctions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Fast facts: The “E.T.” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” director Steven Spielberg revisits interplanetary life in this thriller starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor as two strangers drawn together by their extraterrestrial experiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Each tiresome new thriller includes a scene in which the hero, trapped by some version of the enemy, runs for his desk in a desperate race against time.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris