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Recent Examples of high-octane
The high-octane biopic is being directed by Bobby Moresco and will star actor Michele Morrone as Alfieri Il Maserati, Deadline reported.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images The actor turned to Nicolas Ghesquière for her high-octane Louis Vuitton look: a backless black column dress with a structured origami top that created an exaggerated shoulder.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
There are no flashy explosions or high-octane shootouts.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Like being on the set of a high-octane Tom Cruise movie, the blockbuster stunts grow from there.
—Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images The actor turned to Nicolas Ghesquière for her high-octane Louis Vuitton look: a backless black column dress with a structured origami top that created an exaggerated shoulder.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
There are no flashy explosions or high-octane shootouts.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Like being on the set of a high-octane Tom Cruise movie, the blockbuster stunts grow from there.
—Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-octane
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Eventually, every artist runs out of mountains to climb, or—at the very least—needs a little help finding the high-test 92-octane fuel that can successfully power the creative engine that idles in their brain.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
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Rather than expend resources to designate a new lineup of high-test sport-utility vehicles, Chevrolet will call its subbrand a name synonymous with performance: Corvette.David Beard, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2023
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The undiluted isolationism of his campaign messaging could prove to be a straitjacket that paralyzes the Trump administration’s foreign policy at a critical time.Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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His Benji is like a ball of pure, undiluted charisma, joyfully inquiring about strangers’ lives and leading his fellow tourists on a photo shoot in front of the Warsaw Uprising Monument.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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The seemingly unmixed demo made many social media users speculate whether the song was AI-generated before noted hip-hop commentator DJ Akademiks eventually played it — noticeably with some tweaks, like the omission of a line about P. Diddy and a different beat — on his livestream.Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 7 May 2024
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Monet’s unmixed dabs of paint are laid down on the surface of the canvas, just like the spots of fractured light of the orange sun quivering behind gray fog and flickering across the blue-green surface of the watery harbor at dawn.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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“High-octane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-octane. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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