show the way
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She goes to great pains to show the way the women in her plays internally manage the fluctuating feasibility of their dreams.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025
“But it’s the women’s titles which are most interesting because they show the way things change and the way television advertising evolves along with it.”
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024
I am here tonight to show the way forward.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2024
But they are not programming the show the way that Fox is programming the show: to keep viewers hooked, to keep viewers addicted.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2023
If they were still alive, they would have returned to show the way to some of the rest of the slaves.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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