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- 2. This adaptation of the popular broadway musical by the same name, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, grossed $742 million worldwide.
- 5. Atlanta-based rapper Playboi Carti released his long-awaited follow-up to "Whole Lotta Red" in 2025, modestly titled _____.
- 8. After losing the "Album of the Year" Grammy four previous times in oft-controversial fashion, this Houston-born musician finally claimed the award in 2025.
- 10. This beloved young adult novel, which follows a wrongfully-convicted Texas teenager, received a memorable film adaptation in 2003.
- 11. This receives the action in a sentence, acting as the object of a verb or preposition. Includes "me," "you," "him," "her," "us," and "them."
- 12. The noun or pronoun receiving the action of the verb. It can also be the recipient of a preposition.
- 13. A complete, standalone sentence.
- 15. This 2024 thriller follows a father taking his daughter to a pop concert, only to discover the event is a setup to catch a notorious criminal.
- 16. This iconic science fiction novel by author Frank Herbert saw multiple adaptations after its publishing in 1965; first by David Lynch in 1984 and then by Denis Villeneuve in 2021 and 2024, as the French-Canadian director chose to split his adaptation into two films.
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- 1. This replaces a noun and acts as the subject of a sentence, performing the action. Includes "I," "you," "he," "she," ""we," and "they."
- 3. This ongoing animated series following the titular teenage superhero premiered in 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.
- 4. A group of words containing a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
- 6. This mononymous Ohio-born basketball star is the NBA's all-time leading scorer and is believed by many to be the "GOAT."
- 7. The term referring to words that describe actions; or, what the subject of a sentence is doing.
- 9. This rule states that the verb in a sentence must match the number of its subject.
- 14. The noun or pronoun performing the action in a sentence.