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dern

American  
[durn] / dɜrn /

adjective

Dialect.
  1. darn.


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The actors sell it, especially when Dern is unafraid to mix revitalized pleasure with pushing for answers.

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As for Dern, she found Tess refreshingly strong of will.

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As for Clooney, whose feature film debut at 22 was playing the boyfriend of Dern, then 16 and legally emancipated, in the 1983 horror sequel “Grizzly II: Revenge,” he knows that something extra she brings to Liz, a handler who understands work-life balance.

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That’s when the panicked entreaties from Dern’s mother began.

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The magic that Dern and Ladd generated onscreen together was captured in at least nine films and TV shows, including “Wild at Heart” and “Citizen Ruth.”

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