dream
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However, the first few months in Biles’ long-awaited dream home have also included a frightening chapter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
And I can dream of — no, demand — a better world for all species.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
"It's something I've dreamed about for years and it used to be a bit of a pipe dream," said Tom Johnstone, when asked about the prospect of Wakefield Trinity winning a Super League Grand Final.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Ever felt exhausted after a vivid dream?" asks Professor Ko Matsui of Tohoku University.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
She spoke always as though she were describing things that she saw—as if that wide, winding staircase and those bright gardens were the reality, this cramped and filthy barracks the dream.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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There is still plenty of Dickensian melodrama, especially when Livia relates the sequence of catastrophes that account for her transformation from a virtuoso with dreams of stardom to a small-town piano teacher and farmer’s wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
It all reduces to the promise of small daily actions that, over time, build into the conquest of your wildest dreams.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
It was not important: the end of her marriage, and of her dreams, was.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Describing her medal as "something special", Hashimi hopes it can inspire other women in Afghanistan to follow their dreams.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
I told her about my newspaper dreams, as well as my admiration for Miss Florence Nightingale and her fame as a nurse.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Now 18, Charlotte is a contestant in the latest series of Big Brother, something she has dreamed about for most of her life.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Mr. Warrack describes removing an approximately 3-foot-deep layer of pigeon excrement from Rome’s Church of SS Vincenzo e Anastasio, “which revealed a multitude of squirming horrors that even Hieronymus Bosch never dreamed of.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“We never dreamed anything like this would ever happen to us, turning people from trusting to everybody wanting to get alarm systems and security lights.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Henry Ford dreamed of erasing the boundary between farm and factory.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
For years she had dreamed of seeing them perform, and naturally she had always imagined herself seated in the theater, like everyone else, but there was something magical about watching the dancers from backstage.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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“I’ve spent my entire twenties sitting across from the most incredible people, people I’d always dreamt of meeting,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Money itself is just a construct, one with rules dreamt up by humans.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
"That was the moment I realised somebody had to do something," said the wildlife biologist, who never dreamt of a career revolving around the sea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
"I wasn't sure I hadn't just dreamt the whole thing, it felt so surreal I couldn't believe it myself," said Roper, who admitted his new home was "quite the upgrade" from his current bungalow.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
That night I walked with the spirits as I dreamt.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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Whatever the mechanism, the findings suggest that the dreaming brain may be operating under unusually high energy demands even while its fuel supply increases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Evenepoel began his athletic career dreaming of playing soccer for the Belgian national team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Now, like many Iranian students dreaming of a future elsewhere, she is scrambling to find another way to take it, while absorbing the new exam fee and hefty travel costs.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
But with seven points from a possible nine, three clean sheets and only two points behind early pacesetters Manchester City, the Hull supporters can be forgiven for dreaming a little.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
He would have gone for Weird or Am I dreaming again? or What is happening?
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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