Not only has it got new material to explore and enjoy, it’s also been rebalanced to make it more enjoyable and less cynical about wanting to extract cash from your pockets.
Source: Rice Digital
Later, when recounting his life story in court documents, Rufai had a cynical take on Nigerian politics, stating in his sentencing memorandum that winning requires the buying of votes.
Source: Collider
This 13-year-old boy is almost cynical in his exasperation about how social media works:
It’s a cycle.
Source: The Conversation
It’s difficult to imagine how Backstreet Boys – a 29-year-old group, assembled at the dawn of an era that saw pop culture dictated largely by the desires of teenage girls – could work in a far more cynical decade, when everyone on stage and off is in their mid-30s on average.
Source: The Guardian
Kids these days are just as greedy and cynical as their parents.
Source: Polygon
It is a hopeful and cynical modern day fable (and anti-fable) all at once,” says Hidalgo Reese.
Source: Stanford Law School
It uplifts, as opposed to the cynical and divisive offerings that are all too prevalent in these strange times.
Source: The Epoch Times
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Initially Cobra Kai, a series based on the Karate Kid films, might sound like a cynical money-making spinoff of the martial arts franchise.
Source: CNET
Today, Putin's invasion of Ukraine has also revealed crippling problems: ubiquitous corruption that leaves troops without helmets and tanks without fuel; stagnant wages and a low standard of living that lead soldiers to steal everything from canned food to dishwashers; a cynical detachment from politics that dampens protest but also lowers morale; the accumulation of enormous wealth by tycoons who steal resources but do not contribute to effective governance.
Source: Business Insider
The cynical way to view your changes is that young people now go to TikTok over Facebook, not to make connections but just to entertain themselves.
Source: WIRED
While it’s possible to dismiss these comments as a cynical attempt to promote an upcoming film, it’s worth noting that Chris Hemsworth’s next film isn’t Furiosa.
Source: Giant Freakin Robot
TBH having worked in corporate America as long as I have and having to go to all those meetings about "how are our numbers with black people? How are we doing with latino's?" etc etc i'm burned out on the whole thing and view it with a cynical eye.
Source: Theme Park Insider
The entire project is hokey at best and cynical at worst, which feels appropriate for Ted Lasso at this point.
Source: ESPN
It’s enough to turn even the most cynical among us into an optimist.
Source: Alta Magazine
Naughty & Nice
Haylie Duff stars in this sentimental Christmas flick following a cynical Los Angeles disc jockey who succumbs to holiday cheer after moving to a quaint mountain town.
Source: Madison.com
There was something perhaps too naive and basic about the song to fit the cynical 80s, which is why it struggled to Number 59 in the UK charts on its initial release.
Source: Radio X
We are not skulking through an eldritch plane of mortal existence dominated by an esoteric band of new characters that possess no verve or charisma (looking at you, Zovaal), nor are we gratuitously retconning established Warcraft 3-era precepts for a cynical shot of nostalgia, (thank god there is no sign of Arthas, at least thus far.
Source: PC Gamer
You could write off the latter as an eclectic alternative pioneer’s cynical pivot into so-called maturity, like a comedian starring in a prestige drama in order to gain industry respect.
Source: Stereogum
Octavio is the streetwise and cynical counterpart to his altruistic sister.
Source: Polygon
Historic accusations of witchcraft are chalked up to misogyny, ignoring the material resentments and cynical social jockeying that might have prompted them.
Source: TheaterMania.com
This is loser talk, mostly, but familiar enough and mainstream enough both in its mewling form and cynical content that it barely even registers anymore.
Source: Defector
Mangold went on to explain that his main grievance isn’t with the false information, but with cynical voices trying to monetize fans’ outrage over something that isn’t even happening.
Source: IndieWire
Credit: Rock'n Roll Monkey Imagine My Horror (and Fascination) As cynical as I may be, I've still engaged with AI tools, played with them, and looked on with mixed horror and fascination at what they're capable of.
Source: No Film School
It’s easy for people to be cynical about Celine Dion because she sings power ballads about love and has a big, earnest personality.
Source: Los Angeles Times
As one of my cynical colleagues once wryly told an audience, “Your misery is our prosperity.
Source: Shepherd Express
There’s something very cynical and hurtful when there’s a movie featured whose goal is to present us as a cruel and merciless people.
Source: Al-Monitor
We think of Gen X as the blasé generation, the bitter and cynical one.
Source: Salon
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
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Genre: Science fantasy/actionEpisodes: 52Director: ND StevensonCast: Aimee Carrero, AJ Michalka, Karen Fukuhara
On paper, it’s easy to be cynical about a reboot of She-Ra: Princess of Power.
Source: Polygon
The documentary posits a unified field theory of fin de siècle snark, where the nascent internet and the cynical sarcasm of David Letterman combined to form a bitter brew.
Source: The Washington Post
Your cynical side has been particularly persuasive lately, convincing you that you have no future, that life will never get better and so it’s hardly worth trying to improve the world.
Source: The Cut
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Cobra Kai (2018—)
Initially Cobra Kai, a series based on the Karate Kid films, might sound like a cynical money-making spinoff of the martial arts franchise.
Source: CNET
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Ellie is an understandably cynical teenager.
Source: UPI News
If the case for casinos as drivers of economic growth is cynical and exploitative, the case for marijuana is even more so.
Source: New York Post
But the youngest members of the household—who aren’t yet cynical about the seasonal worker behind the Santa Claus beard—will be thrilled.
Source: The Atlantic
A cynical right-wing campaign without grassroots support can’t.
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
Maybe the length is a cynical concession to the era of the padded track list, and maybe it’s a dramatization of a year that felt like a horror movie, when a sense of security often felt fleeting or illusory and the fever dreams you dreaded the most often came true.
Source: Vulture
If you like your techno-futurism bleak, cynical and beautiful, try this textured animated drama.
Source: The New York Times
A plethora of protest signs held aloft in the first act feel like cynical set-dressing for sociopolitical relevance.
Source: The Guardian
A year later, an obsessive mother and cynical arson investigator begin to suspect that she’s still alive…and in the clutches of a predator.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
“This is the cynical humor of of the 21st century white supremacist movement,” said Koch.
Source: VICE
The often cynical English newspapers also reacted positively.
Source: GPblog
It is also often linked to a cynical disregard for morality, and a focus on self-interest and deception.
Source: Daily Mail
What do you think you're usually more cynical about these things.
Source: WCVB Boston
Pratt would pull through, which felt like yet another cynical ratings ploy rather than a necessary story beat — particularly since Season 15 would mark the show's last.
Source: Looper
“The internet, as you may have noticed, is cynical and sarcastic and layered with so much irony such that the people involved don’t have to feel anything anymore,” Torre says.
Source: The Athletic
All of its products are organic, vegan, and cruelty-free — so it's the brand even the most cynical of eco-conscious consumers can feel good about.
Source: Tasting Table
She wasn’t cynical about her work on the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue or about her mission, despite the protests and outrage that reliably greeted the issue every year.
Source: The New York Times
If something does happen (we're growing more cynical by the minute) then it would also mean that Sony is planning to drop a huge announcement in the West either very late on a Saturday night, or relatively early on a Sunday.
Source: Push Square
In journalism
Unlike health care, where the goal is to wring quick profits from the taxpayer-supported resources of federal programs supporting health care — or, as a cynical friend put it, “to suckle at the federal teat” — the goals in journalism are a mixture of profit, where available, and politics.
Source: vtdigger.org
As the cold, cynical waitress Christine, Deborah Kara Unger is a great foil to Douglas’ character, as well as an inspired female part that resists becoming a conventional “love interest” trope.
Source: Indie Film Hustle
In Hollywood") mistake sweeping images for big emotions, as though a drone shot gliding over a desolate color-zapped field will break the cynical veil of a viewer already turned off by such bleak narratives.
Source: Roger Ebert
His medical knowledge is riddled with errors; his solution is cynical and divisive.
Source: Kearney Hub
The project is meant to provoke viewers by a number of analytical, ironic, and at times, cynical works based on factual, fictional images and theoretical work.
Source: Times of Malta
During the first act setup, we get to know our boozy Santa, who is filled with holiday ennui and cynical about the capitalist consumption of Christmas.
Source: Eagle-Tribune
Because then it’s just a cynical story.
Source: IndieWire
That prompted some smiles and giggles of recognition from Azumi and his studio co-host, but some more cynical viewers might have scoffed at Hanyu’s professed affection for the biggest casual-oriented console title in recent memory.
Source: SoraNews24
“I have always felt that too many adults are cynical and sometimes mean to teenagers, and fail to see them as potentially great, amazing people.
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
Even the older, more cynical teen, Anders, was converted: “Can I have more trail mix? This chickadee didn’t get any yet.
Source: The New York Times
Naughty & Nice
Haylie Duff stars in this sentimental Christmas flick following a cynical Los Angeles disc jockey who succumbs to holiday cheer after moving to a quaint mountain town.
Source: The Pantagraph
We were stupid enough, or arrogant enough, to make our first album in quite a cynical way.
Source: hotpress.com
To the Editor:Anand Giridharadas’s guest essay is incredibly cynical.
Source: The New York Times
Intro 501 and similar proposals represent a cynical approach to city governance.
Source: Streetsblog
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Cobra Kai (2018—)
Initially Cobra Kai, a series based on the Karate Kid films, might sound like a cynical money-making spinoff of the martial arts franchise.
Source: CNET
"And the skepticism and the cynical people of what -- and their opinions, of what people actually think.
Source: GMA
You play as heroine Sigrid – a sarcastic, cynical young adult whose temperament comes through in the talented voice over actor’s sighs and mumbles.
Source: Nintendo Life
And on the side of Herschel Walker — yes, Herschel Walker — it was a cynical ploy by Republicans to put up a Black man to run against a Black man who was woefully unqualified to be a member of the Senate, thinking that all they had to do was put up another Black man, and that would be enough to siphon off enough African American votes to help them get over the top.
Source: PBS NewsHour
Not just because that film is (in this writer’s opinion) bad, but because it’s hard imagining Swift, an avid lover of fairy tales, enjoying something so cynical and grim.
Source: The Daily Beast
The sarcastic flair and cynical comedic tropes included in this movie will only make sense to those who have a decent understanding of dark humor.
Source: Glam
Donovan’s support of the Mexican team in the 2018 World Cup was seen by some as a cynical marketing move to keep U.
Source: The Conversation Indonesia
Contrasting Buddy's exuberance is his love interest, the initially cynical Jovie, played by Sydney Penticuff.
Source: Edmonds Beacon
I thought he would be genuine, the less-cynical Laila says about one odious gent.
Source: Scroll.in
Noah, a cynical leftist hack, was unable to fill the shoes left by his predecessor Jon Stewart, another cynical leftist hack whom many credit as the progenitor of what is now the ubiquitous rabidly leftist propaganda mill that is late-night television.
Source: The Federalist
His cynical and captivating storytelling will have you laughing out loud as he shares a side of the holidays that often goes untold: the backend of Christmas retail.
Source: NAU News
Present throughout is the idea of second chances, the importance of forgiveness, and the realization that despite how cynical one has become, there is still much joy to be found in the world.
Source: The Epoch Times
Advertisement“Being mean, cynical and acting like you know me isn’t making it go any quicker,” Schofield said.
Source: Kotaku
I'm told that 4-year-olds who love Barney have to stand up to grief from their older, more cynical siblings.
Source: Buffalo News
But beyond which specific titles ended up inside or outside the Top 100 (a few stunners: no Luis Buñuel, no Howard Hawks, no Pulp Fiction), the contents of the Sight and Sound list make a collective case on behalf of analysis and explanation—and against the cynical cheerleading for movies that are “critic-proof” (a euphemism with all kinds of anti-elitist connotations).
Source: DualShockers
“Ironically, people who are not insiders might take it more literally and seriously than people who are more cynical because they know that, in fact, the entrenched status quo has no interest in a reset or renovation,” he says.
Source: Mother Jones
Whereas in the past the worker had been critical and cynical about the job he had, he decided to start approaching his job more positively and with a better attitude.
Source: Wairarapa Times Age
Whether pundits like Kanell and McShay already had their targets set on Smith-Njigba, or they picked up on the storyline from the darker corners of the Ohio State interwebz we’ll never know, but they certainly capitalized on the most selfish and cynical pockets of college football fandom by throwing raw meat into a cage populated with people who were already predisposed to think of players as entertainment products rather than human beings.
Source: IGN
In journalism
Unlike health care, where the goal is to wring quick profits from the taxpayer-supported resources of federal programs supporting health care — or, as a cynical friend put it, “to suckle at the federal teat” — the goals in journalism are a mixture of profit, where available, and politics.
Source: vtdigger.org
If Warnock’s surprise win in 2021 reflected the galvanizing power of the racial and political reckoning unleashed the previous summer, this hard-fought victory represents a clear moral rejection of the kind of cynical political environment that leads to candidates such as Walker in the first place.
Source: CNN
It is easy to be cynical about the depth of some celebrities’ engagement, but it is hard to fake a genuine response to a book you haven’t read – plus, in front of millions of followers, they put themselves at risk of being caught out.
Source: The Guardian
How would it possibly be able to host an event like this in seven years?"
Ralph Kent was cynical about this sort of event being relevant in the first place.
Source: Dezeen
There’s a cynical old saying: Hatred breeds excellence.
Source: Nickelodeon
The cynical might say that it was as rootless as its subjects.
Source: msnNOW
The Russian leader said that after he sent troops to Ukraine on February 24, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Council of Europe and other rights groups "had begun demonstrating their cynical bias".
Source: Barron's
In fact, 62% of Americans are so cynical about the state of data privacy in this country that they consider it impossible to move through everyday life without having their data collected and used.
Source: HBR.org Daily
Also on board is a cynical Russian oligarch, a German woman who seems capable of speaking just one sentence, that arms-trading couple and other complacent snoots.
Source: The Irish Times
The cynical view is that Apple’s scrambling to add features to macOS that other systems (both those of third parties and Apple’s own) have offered for ages.
Source: The Verge
“It’s easy to be cynical because, honestly, we’ve made so little progress.
Source: The Guardian
’ Through spotlighting this architecture, the photographs reflect a distinct culture while posing a cynical commentary on the geopolitical challenges of climate change, difficulties of immigrant labor, and methods of building with scarce materials.
Source: Designboom
In this scenario, SBF is admitting that he’s a cynical exploiter of effective altruism for his personal enrichment.
Source: MSNBC
Emily Burch, an accredited practising dietitian and researcher at the University of Queensland in Australia, is particularly cynical about companies that charge more for every supplement they recommend.
Source: The Guardian
What would our world be like if Columbus was the conquered, not the conqueror? I’ve heard it's highly inventive, but also cynical in some ways.
Source: Rutgers University
I look forward to seeing this version of this cynical duo.
Source: PRIMETIMER
Yes, it’s a cynical approach to how our world is today.
Source: The A.V. Club
Because then it’s just a cynical story.
Source: Yahoo Entertainment
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