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Forgo pondering the eternal question of why the pumpkin in the shape we want has a weird wart and why the pumpkin without the weird wart isn’t in the shape we want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"People in agriculture are eternal optimists," she said "Otherwise we wouldn't get in it."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“These people I work for are eternal optimists, and they believe in the rule of law,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Perhaps if Short weren’t associated with a detective noir masterpiece, she would never have become a useful metaphor for the corruption and rot associated with Hollywood and Los Angeles, or an eternal enigma.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Underworld spread out on the other side: a glorious landscape with roads leading in millions of directions, massive gates, and countless doors to different eternal destinations.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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