The EU had, after all, been steeling itself for this era.
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Nevertheless, those on the coalface are steeling themselves for tough times ahead.
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France, in short, is steeling itself for the best, and the worst.
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Apple isn't the only smartphone maker steeling itself (and analysts) for disappointing results.
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Others in less desperate situations are steeling themselves to take on the insurgents.
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Tokarczuk herself was outside: crowds make her anxious, and she was steeling herself.
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She dulls them quickly to the point where steeling them is no longer effective.
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Three are steeling themselves to vote Clinton (maybe "with a big glass of wine").
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A woman and her elderly parents were steeling themselves to flee their flooded house.
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With much at stake, House Republicans are also steeling for the public battle ahead.
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And lawmakers are steeling themselves for the real fight: how to pay for it.
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The Islanders called timeout with 82 seconds remaining, steeling for a desperate final surge.
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While hoping for peace, Mexican officials are steeling themselves for a diplomatic and commercial war.
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If you're steeling yourself for arguments over the Christmas table this year, bookmark this now.
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And now we're all steeling ourselves to weep uncontrollably after the Super Bowl on Feb. 4.
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I am steeling myself for the day she looks through me and does not recognize me.
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After steeling my courage, I jumped into the pool myself (no wussie wet suit for me).
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Large companies are steeling themselves to report profits and taxes paid on a country-by-country basis.
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Most of these recollections provide comfort while steeling them against the demoralizing oppression they must regularly confront.
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It's a passing quip, but it instantly reveals how SNL's writers are steeling themselves for Trump's presidency.
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With this iteration, Mr. Wardropper said he expects some controversy, and he is steeling himself for another round.
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We spent 10 weeks pretending we weren't in love, steeling ourselves for a 6-month study-abroad separation.
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"It's only steeling our resolve in California" to tackle climate change and bypass Trump's immigration policies, Schiff said.
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He was silent for a moment, steeling himself, staring at the road through sunglasses half-hiding wet eyes.
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Usually, he says, local election campaigns in Poland are short, but Trzaskowski is steeling himself for a grueling race.
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Britain, for its part, is steeling itself for the loss of some international business as one consequence of Brexit.
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Party faithful are steeling themselves for a battle, not just for the nomination, but also for the party's core values.
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Was I steeling myself against my real fears by exposing myself to them in the form of onscreen serial killers?
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Photo: J. Scott Applewhite (AP)America's soft and sweaty boy, Mark Zuckerberg, is steeling himself to be imminently grilled before Congress.
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Otherwise, start steeling yourself for hearing people say "And the winner is... La La Land" for five hours on Sunday night.
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In the short term, Ms Hyde is steeling herself to vote for Mrs Clinton if she must, to stop Mr Trump.
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But he also said that progress can come in fits and starts, perhaps steeling his supporters for tough days to come.
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A stoic man in a dark coat said he was steeling himself for the three-hour journey to the crash site.
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But with House Democrats now crystallizing their intentions, the President and his White House are steeling themselves for what comes next.
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Healthcare companies are steeling themselves for the shift in healthcare services in the most desperate way they can — by launching venture funds.
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At this point, many in the party seem more consumed with their nomination contests than with steeling themselves for the general election.
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In "Oh Papa Blues," after detailing her grievances against a neglectful lover, Rainey turns on a dime, steeling herself to exact revenge.
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Not as protective armor steeling us against whatever comes next, but as the best kind of tourniquets, bright flags helping us survive.
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He slammed his suitcase shut and stood near his bed, steeling for a struggle that he was never sure he could win.
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Along with other tech companies, Samsung is steeling itself for the long-term impact of a trade dispute between Japan and South Korea.
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Not only are you putting in that extra effort every day, you're also steeling yourself for months or even years without IRL sex.
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I was steeling myself for the old "gay-bait and heartbreak" routine, which, hell, could still happen, there are still two episodes left.
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Each side had embraced a form of "fight fight, talk talk," steeling for a "peace that is no peace," as Orwell had it.
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Years later, Profar credits that experience—"being 291 and playing in front of 292,3103 people"—with steeling him against the pressures of professional baseball.
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After flying to Sweden and steeling herself for her first event since her father's death, Shiffrin declared victory despite never leaving the starting gate.
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They're things you say if you're steeling yourself to withdraw when the voting is done and start convincing your supporters to support your opponent.
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Other states have taken the opposite approach, steeling themselves for a future without a federal law protecting abortion rights, which now seems worryingly near.
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So we'll spend the day grooming and glamming and gritting our teeth, steeling ourselves for whatever fresh hell the actual Academy Awards ceremony will bring.
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If you tune into a news program or read the hard news sections of a newspaper, you are presumably steeling yourself for potentially negative information.
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Just as the Virgin Queen married herself to her country, steeling herself to be more gender neutral, more rigid in her costumes, so did Daenerys.
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Residents of a small city near Atlanta are steeling themselves for an upcoming neo-Nazi rally through community events and the power of sidewalk art.
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On the other side of Houston, in the coastal enclave of Nassau Bay, Yvonne Guy was also steeling herself to weather the floods alone Sunday night.
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She complained to my boss about a slip-up on my team and considers me responsible, so here I am, steeling myself for an "adult" conversation.
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All of that sounds terrible, and yet it felt a little like we were steeling ourselves for combat together the night before jumping into the fray.
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Mr. Kabir was steeling himself to make the dreaded trip to the morgue on Monday morning to confirm whether his son was among the dead attackers.
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His exit comes as the White House is steeling itself for a string of departures once President Donald Trump hits the one-year mark in office.
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Both men are resolute, adamant that this is the right thing to do — but both are also deeply scared, steeling themselves for the inevitable hell to pay.
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But, not wanting to intrude on a family getaway, we thanked them for their kindness and threw our packs back on, steeling ourselves for a nighttime descent.
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"Trump may be preparing for the wrong game: a two-player round of checkers when Kim is steeling for a multiplayer two-board chess match," he wrote.
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It's rare for Apple suppliers to go public with intimate details in this way, and it looks as though Imagination is steeling itself for a potential patent battle.
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The flaws in Matt's logic didn't occur to him until he was back on his knees, steeling himself to tackle another woman, or girl, actually—the high schooler.
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Striding through this, and commanding almost every scene, is Rebecca Hall, who earns our sympathy, as the best actors do, by steeling herself not to plead for it.
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Frustrating Trump's hopes of getting a running start could boost morale among grieving Democrats steeling for the seemingly inevitable passage of huge tax cuts and a bill repealing Obamacare.
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Executives at some of the largest U.S. companies are steeling themselves for higher prices and worried customers ahead of a stricter tariff regime on $22.1 billion of Chinese imports.
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I came into Intel and Lenovo's party steeling myself for a weird, thoroughly sad affair, and in the moments before Mullett's performance, things were at an all-time low.
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However, caring for an orphaned girl named Sophia gave Alma new purpose in life, steeling her resolve to fight back against the powerful men coming after her mining claim.
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In an industrial area west of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, more than 6,000 miles from China, Michael Smerling is steeling himself for a devastating blow from the coronavirus outbreak.
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He hunches, as if still steeling himself against the cold, and the wind bangs open and shut the window that brings dim, blue light into the small, shabby room.
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While the vast majority of coronavirus cases have been found in China and Asia, the US travel industry is also steeling itself to be ravaged by the rogue virus.
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Huawei was already steeling itself for disruption to its supply chain, saying in March that it had diversified suppliers and stockpiled key parts to ensure the continuity of its business.
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Most fans were already out of their seats, donning hats and gloves, preparing to head out into the night, steeling themselves to face the bitter cold and the driving rain.
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Before steeling himself to commit murder, Cunanan takes the time to throw up in a public bathroom; we see that an anti-gay slur has been etched onto the stall.
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And then, steeling himself, he slipped across the street and into the dark yard of the rooming house, where they'd come for him once and would come for him again.
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Instead, TV, newspapers and online media sites are suddenly full of good news about the Chinese economy, potentially steeling citizens for any bad news ahead of Trump's tariff deadline on Friday.
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Ms. Ray, a worrier prone to stress dreams the day before a big meeting, is steeling herself for what could be an uphill climb: making herself relevant to a new generation.
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New polling from CNN shows that 51 percent of voters opposed Kavanaugh's confirmation, and with Republicans already steeling themselves for substantial losses in the midterm elections, those numbers bode well for Democrats.
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Amazon is already battling with Alibaba in India, where the Chinese firm invested in Paytm as its chosen proxy, and Alibaba is steeling itself for further brawl, this time in Southeast Asia.
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Even if clinging to American machismo hurts us, the steeling of young black males will continue, because the obstacles we face are relentless, brutal, and ensconced in the highest echelons of power.
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While the ECB has already reduced its monthly covered purchases to around 4bn-5bn from more than 12bn at the programme's height, market participants are still steeling themselves for a sell-off.
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The reasoning leads to the belief that steeling oneself to the necessary austerity or discipline would allow a nonprime American to slide right into the comfortable status as a prime credit holder.
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As Donald Trump's inauguration nears, his longtime Republican critics are planning to throw themselves into outdoor expeditions, news detoxes and day jobs, steeling themselves for the day they have dreaded for months.
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Summer is around the corner, and German civic authorities are steeling themselves for an annual blight that can leave a foul aftertaste lingering on even the most glorious of sunny days: barbecue season.
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Now, the US Forest Service is steeling itself for the possibility that this will become one of the worst wildfires of the summer, engulfing up to 165,000 acres by the end of August.
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With several polling websites putting Mr. Trump's chances of winning the election around 10 percent, he appears to be steeling for defeat, warning his supporters that the outcome of the election will be rigged.
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Sessions said he was a "babe in the woods" during the 1986 hearings, and this time around, he is steeling himself for a grilling by his colleagues on the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee.
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There's a dull ache behind my eyes, and I keep on zoning out, but Angelina won't be going to bed for at least another 17 hours, so I'm steeling myself for a long night.
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Meanwhile, various mob factions are in a dispute over territory, which is making Rudy Pipilo feel less generous toward good earners like Vinnie and Paul, and steeling him for war with a rival family.
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At times, Bauerlein sounded as if he were still figuring out what it meant to support President Trump—as if he were trying to stay optimistic while steeling himself for all sorts of disappointment.
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In 603, it was Obama who was, at least in Clinton's view, offering a naïve form of anti-politics, promising to transcend partisanship and forge common ground with Republicans rather than steeling for a fight.
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In that moment, I realized that I'd been steeling myself for the worst; that I thought I'd never swim in the sea again, that I was worried my life as I knew it was over.
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Heading into the forum, many of the conference attendees said they were steeling themselves for the appearance of Ms. Manigault-Newman, who became famous on "The Apprentice" and has had several fiery exchanges with journalists.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is steeling himself for a protracted battle against an increasingly hostile press, adding the media to the list of establishment institutions he intends to crush on his way to the White House.
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Confirmation hearings On Capitol Hill, Trump's nominees are steeling for a flurry of confirmation hearings that will give Democrats an opportunity to pose pointed questions about ethics, Russia policy and other contentious issues surrounding the new administration. Sen.
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What's steeling investors' stomachs for an investment in the company appears to be its gross margins, which came in at 25% for the first quarter and were at 20% for 2018, up from negative margins in the preceding year.
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Paytm, which is backed by Alibaba and SoftBank among others, is steeling its product with social features to give it an advantage against messaging apps in India which are increasingly encroaching on its territory by introducing payment features of their own.
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So when that 21st Century Breakdown tour was announced, I stayed up for the 6 AM tickets drop, eyes glued to the screen while smashing refresh on the keyboard and steeling myself against the website crashing (which it obviously did).
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So while California has long been steeling itself for big earthquakes with building codes and disaster planning, the Pacific Northwest may be caught off guard, though the author of the New Yorker piece, Kathryn Schulz, helpfully provided a guide to prepare.
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It has done little to prepare the country for worst-case scenarios that may not come to pass but would require a steeling of collective national nerves and a willingness to comply with federal directives and to accept the President's leadership.
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Mr. Trump made warmer relations with Russia the centerpiece of his foreign policy during the campaign, and European leaders had been steeling for him to lift sanctions they and Mr. Obama imposed on President Vladimir V. Putin after he annexed Crimea.
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While Vindman had only learned from news reports late Thursday night of the potential White House plan to fire him, he'd been steeling himself for this moment since he testified in Trump's impeachment hearing in November, according to a source familiar.
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Steeling for retaliation from Iran, an American-led coalition in Iraq and Syria suspended the campaign it has waged against the Islamic State for years, as hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the street to mourn the general, Qassim Suleimani.
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For Mr. Erdogan, the participation of a Syrian is likely to complicate his government's cooperation with the European Union in stemming the flow of migrants from Turkey's shores to Europe, while also steeling his resolve to keep Syrians out of Turkey altogether.
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I've been too busy readying myself to deal with the pending peaceful transfer of power to a man who has said and proposed despicable things, steeling myself to oppose the ugliness I presume will be coming in batches over the next few years.
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I spent much of last night steeling myself to be disappointed, fully expecting that this morning we'd be sighing over the American weakness for British accents ("1917"), parsing the triumph of nihilism ("Joker") and sighing over a cute Holocaust movie ("Jojo Rabbit").
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico is steeling itself for the increasing possibility that the United States will pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, envisioning how the Mexican economy would adapt without the deal that has guided relations between the neighbors for a quarter-century.
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He only learned from news reports of the potential White House plan to fire him late Thursday night, but he'd been steeling himself for this moment since he testified in Trump's impeachment hearing in November, a source familiar with the events told CNN's Kristen Holmes.
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Mike Evancho and his wife, Lisa, who have declined most news media requests regarding the inauguration, have tried to ignore the controversy over their daughter's career-defining performance opportunity, while steeling themselves back at home to continue their lawsuit against the Pine-Richland School District.
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TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - The thousands of Welsh supporters who have brought their nation's famed singing, not to mention plenty of plastic dragons, to a major tournament after a wait of more half a century are steeling themselves to hit the heights — or rock bottom — on Monday.
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Alarmed by the tight race for a congressional seat in Ohio, Republicans are steeling for a 242-day campaign of trench warfare as they fight to keep control of the House, pinning their hopes on well-funded outside groups and a slashing negative message about Democrats.
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Washington (CNN)The four liberal justices of the Supreme Court are steeling themselves for a momentous spring as the reality settles in that the left flank of the bench could remain at least one critical vote shy of a majority in ideologically driven cases for decades.
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So much fun, in fact, that all we can do is replay the 42-second clip over and over — steeling ourselves for a future where digital error messages crowd our line of sight, leaving us to pray for a quick blue screen of death just to end it all.
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The voice, belonging to disaffected teen Rue (Zendaya), reveals that the terrorist attack happened three days before she was born, the implication being that disaster has followed her all her life and that she grew up at a time when everyone around her was steeling themselves for the next.
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The cyclist's mysterious posturing is rarely as arresting as the sensuous language Coventry deploys to externalize the sensations of racing in packs, as well as the self-conscious intimacies of men "roughhousing the love out of the late evening" or exposing their souls in the down times like jittery troops steeling themselves before battle.
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We see Denise as a kid wrinkling her nose at the dresses she keeps getting forced into, as a teen gazing longingly at a poster of Jennifer Aniston circa Friends after coming out to her best friend, and then as an adult, steeling herself to reveal the truth to her intimidating mother, Catherine (the one and only Angela Bassett).
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That's why Scott Mann, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and former Green Beret and Special Forces operative who conducted pioneering counterterrorism and counterinsurgency programs while serving combat tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and South America, said the next president must transform the politics of the fight against terrorism by steeling Americans for a fight that could last many more years.
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It was interesting to imagine them waking up at dawn on the mornings of their Salon visits, steeling themselves to walk the gantlet of éleveurs —of eye-patched Abondances and woolly Salers; of Basque pigs with their ikat hides—certain that they were in for abuse, the only question being how much, and whether they could withstand it.
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On Sunday—at about the same time as police began counting bodies in the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, steeling themselves to ignore the constantly ringing mobile telephones of the dead, as loved-ones desperately sought news—Mr Trump took to Twitter to report that he was being praised for his foresight in having said that radical Islamists pose a threat to the West.
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Investment bankers at the embattled financial institution are steeling themselves for a double-digit cut to their bonus pool, according to the FT. Deutsche has been battered by bad news in the past year: Its stock price hit record lows, competitors are gobbling up its market share, and top-level employees are jumping ship as it fires thousands of others.
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The New York Republican Party is reportedly steeling itself for massive protests against GOP presidential front-runner Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE's appearance at the organization's annual gala on Thursday evening.
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During wars, leaders often focus on steeling their countries for long and grueling struggles, the way Winston Churchill did by promising Great Britain only "blood, toil, tears and sweat" during the early stages of World War II. Trump, with his marketer's instinct for boosterism, has taken instead to promising "a great victory... that, in my opinion, will happen much sooner than originally expected," as he put it at Sunday's briefing.
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It only took five minutes of exploring Diana's life on the Amazon island of Themyscira for me to realize that Wonder Woman truly wanted to tell her origin story with grit and grace — and that it was not going to let me down with the usual sexist traps I've grown so used to steeling myself for when I go to the movies or turn on an episode of TV. Wonder Woman isn't just a good superhero movie.
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Everything in Jacobson sounds as if it should be read out loud by Alan Rickman, as when Strulovitch speaks to Shylock about his daughter's suitor: Here I've been steeling myself against the next over-principled, money-hating, ISIS -backing Judaeophobe with an MA in fine art she's going to bring back from college and she hits on someone who's probably never opened a book and certainly never heard of Noam Chomsky—a hyper possessive uneducated uber-goy from around the corner.
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