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Twitter dives in with Michael Phelps death stare memes

August 9, 2016 at 5:34PM
The basis of the #PhelpsFace meme. (Aimee Blanchette/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Michael Phelps' game face spawned the best meme of the Olympics since McKayla Maroney's unimpressed face of 2012. His staredown of South African rival Chad le Clos before the 200-meter butterfly seminfinals Monday night became an instant internet sensation.

Here are some of the best #PhelpsFace tweets so far.

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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.

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How do Minnesota pros prepare for a game? Collier, Faber, Gobert and others showed us.

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