dream
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"It is like a very big dream that the Lord has allowed this servant to come here," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
There was nothing in the dream bubbles to show that the critters were giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
When Vanna White drove into Los Angeles in 1980, she had a dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
But for the first time, late on election night, I let myself dream a little.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
Sweet summer smells came in the breezes from the farms around the camp; sometimes I would dream that Karel and I were walking hand in hand along a country lane.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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For decades, China’s best and brightest beat a path to the U.S., where they had more freedom to pursue their dreams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
He stopped his diary of dreams when he seemed to have begun living in one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Willie wrote regularly and his letters are filled with hopes and dreams for the future.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Tetiana admits it can be scary but explains how she felt compelled to help her country, abandoning her dreams of becoming an opera singer.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
But I had good dreams too, and sweet ones, especially about Keli.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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He dreamed of a giant beaver named Bucky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
He dreamed of a giant moose named Marvin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
She dreamed of an 850-seat performing arts theater and arts education center — but two years later, the theater fell on hard times during an economic recession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
"It's my aim and it's something I've always dreamed of," said Trafford.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The girl who dreamed of wings, she had believed.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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We are introduced to mortgage-backed securities and to the people who dreamt them up and abused them, antiheroes of the 2007-09 debt debacle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Tilbrook: Paul sang it in a way that I could never have dreamt of singing it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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
That night he dreamt of wildlings howling from the woods, advancing to the moan of warhoms and the roll of drums.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Within a decade, scientists were dreaming about machines that would be smarter than us at everything, including the design of machines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The former brilliantly evokes wistful teenage dreaming as a character walks through their high school, adorned by a yearning Caroline Polachek song and light-pink diary scribblings.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
"I have seen my mother and father's generation, working all their lives and dreaming of having a democratic society where they could live with dignity. That never happened," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Marston, it turns out, who has experience in hospitality and marketing with an emphasis on fandom, was already dreaming of such a space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
No, I was too busy dreaming you were playing tug-of-war with me.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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