artsy
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The global “urbex” phenomenon isn’t new, but it’s been turbocharged by artsy videos on Instagram and TikTok that spur others to create their own posts, luring still more curiosity seekers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026
And in just three minutes of exposition, Hughes and Deutch nimbly convey that Molly Ringwald’s Andie Walsh is both your conventional artsy wallflower and a singularly special young woman.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
It was seen as too precocious or too artsy or too, I don’t know, overly grand.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
“I thought I was going insane,” one woman posted on a Topanga Facebook group after catching sight of the hairy quartet in this bohemian enclave of actors, musicians and other artsy types.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Michael’s artsy, Caroline’s into student government, and Andrew’s another one of the scientists’ kids, like Dana.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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