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The site’s annual ‘‘What Time Is the Super Bowl?’’ post has become such a famous example of S.E.O.-driven non-news that other media outlets have written half-disgusted, half-admiring posts dissecting its history.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2015

Exposed only after he fled to Moscow in 1963, "Kim" Philby has since become the protagonist of a half-admiring, half-shocked avalanche of serialized articles in every major London newspaper.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Europe tilted towards war, his earnestness won him a title that was half-admiring, half-contemptuous: "This formidable young man who loves peace so terribly."

From Time Magazine Archive

A curious, half-admiring expression flitted across Kathleen's thin little face.

From Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]

The Abbe surveyed him with something of a quizzical half-admiring smile, then addressing the gendarmes he said, "Let him go!"

From The Master-Christian by Corelli, Marie