Corliss
Americannoun
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“Duvall’s aging face, a road map of dead ends and dry gulches, can accommodate rage or innocence or any ironic shade in between,” the film critic Richard Corliss wrote in Time magazine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
As of 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, no negotiation meetings between the union and Boeing are scheduled, said Bryan Corliss, a Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace spokesperson.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024
Nearby, Corliss Phillips was getting soaked playing disc golf amid the sprinklers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2023
The collaboration began when Barbara Bolin, a social worker at Goodwin House Alexandria and a lifelong rider and horse owner, reached out to Corliss Wallingford, the nonprofit equine therapy organization’s executive director.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022
Only after Corliss had glanced past him toward the door a few times did Sticky realize he was not entirely recovered from his visit to the Waiting Room.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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