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Andy Serkis directs an animated, awkwardly contemporary adaptation of the anti-Stalinist novella featuring the voices of Seth Rogen, Glenn Close, Woody Harrelson and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Lee, who had tried to step around Rushing and then reach behind him to tag the plate, then slid awkwardly and sat up in discomfort.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Standing awkwardly on the outside of someone else’s water cooler.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was awkwardly dispatched to soothe the financial markets while doubling as a kind of economic war correspondent.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

He walked awkwardly behind her onto the creaky porch.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste