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Duchamp’s Readymades, serially reproduced, appear throughout MoMA’s retrospective—the first in the U.S. since 1973—which works strenuously to dispel any suspicion that he was a one-trick provocateur.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

And yet the ultimate irony of the Geffen building is that its doctrine of a rigorously nonhierarchical museum, giving visitors absolute freedom to discover their own connections, is strenuously inflexible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

A civil case brought by Giuffre was settled with no admission of guilt, and he has strenuously denied the allegations.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Adams strenuously denies any involvement in those attacks and has denied ever being a member of the IRA or sitting on its ruling army council.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

As Riefenstahl’s influence continued to grow, Goebbels increasingly struggled to comprehend how a woman could occupy such a situation, much as he struggled to understand why his wife objected so strenuously to his many affairs.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown