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"Per the Global Times\u2019 Ji Yuqiao, the hybrid figure rests its hands on a lei drinking vessel; another type of vessel known as a zun is painted on the statue\u2019s head in vermillion hues. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022",
"Suzuki tells us that the VGT-s styling was inspired partly by the current model Swift Sport and partly by the 660cc turbocharged Cappuccino lei sports car of the early 1990s. \u2014 Peter Lyon, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Taiko drumming, feather work and lei -making from Hawaii, calligraphy from Japan and China, as well as music will be featured from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
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"At Grand Wailea Maui, kids can weave a lauhala bracelet or ti leaf lei and collect stamps for each cultural activity in their Grand Passport. \u2014 Sunny Fitzgerald, Travel + Leisure , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"Do not pull your old leisure suit out of the back of your closet. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"His tenor is white-hot, piercing through the orchestra, threatening to burst into flames as Hades, in his sleazy green leisure suit , leers at Eurydice and stretches the syllables of her name into a sinister design. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
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"Another experiment involving leishmaniasis was conducted in-house at NIAID in 2016. \u2014 Daniel Funke, USA TODAY , 12 Nov. 2021",
"DeepMind has established a partnership with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative to develop approaches for Chagas disease and leishmaniasis . \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 22 July 2021",
"At issue is amphotericin B, which is marketed by Gilead Sciences (GILD) to combat cryptococcal meningitis in patients with HIV or visceral leishmaniasis , a parasitic disease. \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 28 June 2021",
"The collapse of insect-control programs sparked the spread of cutaneous leishmaniasis , a parasitic disease that results in disfiguring skin ulcers. \u2014 Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2021",
"During conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan, measles returned, along with kala-azar, another type of leishmaniasis , which attacks internal organs and is frequently fatal. \u2014 Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2021",
"Visceral leishmaniasis , the disease the parasite causes, leads to cutaneous sores on the skin, infections of organs including the spleen and liver and sometimes death. \u2014 Jim Daley, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Visceral leishmaniasis is thought to kill between 20,000 to 40,000 people a year, says Christine Petersen, the director of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Iowa, who was not involved in the new study. \u2014 Jim Daley, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2021",
"There have been a number of open wounds, one case of leishmaniasis , some nasty insect bites and a car crash. \u2014 Daniel Glick, Scientific American , 3 Apr. 2017"
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"All over a tuna salad which keeps reappearing as a leitmotif . \u2014 Roy Trakin, Variety , 11 June 2022",
"Googly eyes are a central leitmotif of the film, for unknown reasons. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, red is Rothko\u2019s leitmotif and both works, arresting in scale, exemplify the artist\u2019s torrid love affair with the color. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
"The indie-folk singer-songwriter has used places as a leitmotif throughout his music, and his fascination with them is evident. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 9 May 2022",
"Crime fiction author Andrew Vachss included her as a musical leitmotif in a series of novels. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Prosthetics \u2014 human inventions that make human boundaries indistinct \u2014 are a related leitmotif . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Googly eyes are a central leitmotif of the film, for unknown reasons. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Googly eyes are a central leitmotif of the film, for unknown reasons. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022"
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