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Pride before the fall; unrecognized love; Shakespearean irony; and a fool wiser than the wise men.
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The Week Us, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
The three wise men performed for employees their viral dance from the movie.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
The nation-state was in decline, said the wise men of the time.
—Jill Lepore, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2019
Most king cakes are consumed on midnight on New Year's, although some cultures eat king cake on Christmas or on Jan. 6 in honor of the Epiphany (Twelfth Night, which historically marks the arrival of the three wise men/kings in Bethlehem who delivered gifts to the baby Jesus).
—USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024
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The Week Us, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
The three wise men performed for employees their viral dance from the movie.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
The nation-state was in decline, said the wise men of the time.
—Jill Lepore, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2019
Most king cakes are consumed on midnight on New Year's, although some cultures eat king cake on Christmas or on Jan. 6 in honor of the Epiphany (Twelfth Night, which historically marks the arrival of the three wise men/kings in Bethlehem who delivered gifts to the baby Jesus).
—USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024
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Songwriting was merely one aspect to the Renaissance man, who was also a Golden Globe-winning actor, Golden Gloves boxer, Rhodes scholar, author, U.S. Army veteran, pilot, and onetime record-label janitor.Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
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Though Malcolm was no longer in the Nation of Islam, its members had a dress code combatting stereotypical images of Black people. 04 Lawyer, actor, and socialist activist Paul Robeson was a stylish Renaissance man.Malaika Jabali, Essence, 7 Sep. 2024
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Dating back to classical antiquity, the idea that a soothsayer can tell something about a person’s health, disposition, or destiny from the lines on their palm has long fascinated seers and scientists alike.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
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That should be hard to pull off in a movie that doesn’t acknowledge the existence of Spider-Man, and yet Venom succeeds where Morbius and Madame Web—Jared Leto’s vampiric superhero and Dakota Johnson’s clairvoyant seer—stumble.James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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The dress is available in sizes S–XXL and comes in 16 prints and patterns, including seasonal hues like caramel and sage green.Emily Weaver, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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This is the environment of sages and of fearless leadership, dancing with the cosmos.Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Wise man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wise%20man. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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