characters
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Meagan adds that she enjoys the juxtaposition of the "bravado" of ice hockey mixed with the characters' "vulnerability underneath".
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Do you relate to your characters’ Gen-Z resentment that previous generations screwed them over?
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Their anxieties don't weigh the book down, though - the characters' coping strategy is to process them with a heavy dose of flippant humour, or switch focus to the night's more immediate desires and dramas.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
It’s a cat-and-mouse movie with some initiative, and even if that drive ultimately goes nowhere, the film at least manages to make its characters’ strength under duress believable.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
As in other Nudzahui codices, the characters’ names are indicated by the accompanying circles-plus-head symbols.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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