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fairy tale

[fair-ee teyl] / ˈfɛər i ˌteɪl /
NOUN
children's story with magical characters
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Clothes and accessories so elevated, they seem like a fairy tale.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Wilson says of their immersive storybook escape, which features a delightful hand-painted mural on the walls and tiny lanterns that, when touched, offer a narrated fairy tale.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Their suspicious acceptance more readily hints at the painful reality underneath this modest fairy tale.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

"It's a bit like the Cinderella fairy tale," says Benjamin Koch from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at TU Wien.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

All the ledges and moss and trees made it feel like a fairy tale.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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