ancient
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It is useful, then, that his aesthetic signature is an ancient, enduring allegory for a life poorly lived.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
In ancient civilizations as in ours, it was status made manifest.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Phil Holden, who works for Shropshire Hills National Landscape, and volunteers with the group, said cutting back bracken and allowing wildflowers to bloom also helps the ancient site.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The future seemed shaped by an oft-repeated line from ancient Greek historian Thucydides: “The strong do what they will, and the weak suffer as they must.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Then there was a great heaving, and the humans were deposited on a wide piazza, surrounded on two sides by the wings of what looked to be an ancient stone library.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Vocabulary lists containing ancient
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"The People Could Fly," Vocabulary from the folk tale
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