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Just as the man has begun to find community and joy with a mysterious organization called Sunshine Club — led by a vaguely cult-like figure played with considerable charisma by leading Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke — his mother falls gravely ill.
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
Schütte’s sculpture appears menacing, perhaps even vaguely evil, but so, too, did many of the Soviet-era monuments that once proliferated around Europe.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Entering the lobby, your eye is led from the sleek golden fireplace across the lavishly marbled floors sliced into vaguely astrological patterns to a pair of globular totemic sculptures by the Danish artist Nicholas Shurey.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
The agencies, always zealous about protecting their sources and methods, prefer to talk as little as possible, and as vaguely as possible.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
Schütte’s sculpture appears menacing, perhaps even vaguely evil, but so, too, did many of the Soviet-era monuments that once proliferated around Europe.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Entering the lobby, your eye is led from the sleek golden fireplace across the lavishly marbled floors sliced into vaguely astrological patterns to a pair of globular totemic sculptures by the Danish artist Nicholas Shurey.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
The agencies, always zealous about protecting their sources and methods, prefer to talk as little as possible, and as vaguely as possible.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Vaguely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaguely. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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