tick
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In the last five years, her career has taken off with “In the Heights,” “Tick, Tick … Boom!,”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Tick the paddle shifter, the wailing revs slip slightly—a kind of warble—then head through the roof again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Garfield is best known for Spider-Man and The Social Network, and has previously been Oscar-nominated for Hacksaw Ridge and Tick Tick Boom!
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025
I'm so grateful that she composed the original score for the movie with her husband John McCauley, who's in a band called Deer Tick.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025
As they bounded at her, Tick flew directly into the face of the lead rat, causing it to startle back in surprise.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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