florid
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“Bobby Bowden has meant everything to Florida State athletics and so much to college football in general,” Florid State athletic director David Coburn said in a statement.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2021
Florid, emotionally overwrought and saddled with a ridiculous plot, it’s proof that not every work by a great artist is great art.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2017
For instance, the overall design and placement of flowers in “Fount of Florid Reluctance,” the 100-inch-long painting that is broken into three distinct sections.
From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2016
He faced opposition in Thursday’s nomination race from House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz of Utah and Rep. Daniel Webster of Florid, but he was widely expected to defeat both rivals.
From MSNBC • Oct. 8, 2015
Our residence was then on Grosvenor street,—a Florid Gothic one after the model of Desdemona's House in Venice.
From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
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