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England vs Latvia live: Line-ups and latest updates from the World Cup qualifier

The Daily Telegraph 24 Mar 2025
Thomas Tuchel, the England head coach, is expected to name Chelsea captain Reece James in his starting XI to face Latvia in the World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium this evening ... Latest updates ... Save ... For Tuchel ‘functional’ is not a taboo word ... email.
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From the Community | Is it 1984 in 2025?

Stanford Daily 18 Mar 2025
Shall we continue rushing to eliminate from our vocabulary everything on the administration’s list of taboo words and phrases, including “climate science,” “belong,” “historically” and “women”? Soon we too will be talking mindless MAGA gibberish ... .
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The good side of bad words: Cursing is linked to higher pain tolerance

San Diego Union-Tribune 11 Mar 2025
If you stub your toe or slam your finger in a door, there’s a good chance the first thing out of your mouth is a four-letter word. But although swearing is a near-universal feature of language, it is still considered taboo by many.
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Swearing is linked with increased pain tolerance and strength

The Spokesman-Review 06 Mar 2025
If you stub your toe or slam your finger in a door, there’s a good chance the first thing out of your mouth is a four-letter word. But although swearing is a near-universal feature of language, it is still considered taboo by many.
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How our past shapes our financial attitudes

Independent online (SA) 04 Mar 2025
Luxolo Isabelle Dywili, a registered counsellor, mental health advocate, and Sanlam’s Dirtiest Word ‘money therapist’, believes talking about money trauma is a massive step towards healing ... Money talk is often taboo, which makes healing even harder.
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'Strong eugenic connotation': Here’s the hateful slur the alt-right is bringing back

Alternet 03 Mar 2025
"And while I believe that in most reasonable environments, it’s still very much taboo to say the word aloud, the fact that it’s being said by some of the most powerful people in the world, with no recourse, says enough.".
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‘The basis of eugenics’: Elon Musk and the menacing return of the R-word

The Observer 03 Mar 2025
And while I believe that in most reasonable environments, it’s still very much taboo to say the word aloud, the fact that it’s being said by some of the most powerful people in the world, with no recourse, says enough.
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