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Valerie M. Fridland

Valerie M. Fridland

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How to Handle the Holidays When You’re Trying – and Failing – to Get Pregnant

Getty Images During the three years I spent struggling to get pregnant, the holidays always felt like they came at the worst time. I was either...

13.12.2024 3

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Valerie M. Fridland

Santa, maybe? Why we have different names for who ‘hurries down the chimney’ on Christmas

Everyone has heard of Santa Claus, that chubby, white-bearded, red-suited guy who delivers Christmas presents via a reindeer-powered sleigh. But...

12.12.2024 3

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Valerie M. Fridland

Saying 'Literally' Metaphorically Is OK

Getty Images Few words so rile language purists as much as the use of the adverb “literally” in a figurative sense, as in: “That movie literally...

12.12.2024 5

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Valerie M. Fridland

Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive

Few words so rile language purists as the use of the adverb “literally” in a figurative sense, as in, “That movie literally blew my mind.” But as a...

06.12.2024 5

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Valerie M. Fridland

Misspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word

During the Sept. 24, 2024, debate, Democratic vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz said he “misspoke” when asked to clarify his story of being in...

09.10.2024 3

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Valerie M. Fridland