epiphany
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He didn’t elaborate further, and my own attempt to interview Johnson over this epiphany fell through.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
My creation resembled a bulky hamantaschen more than a talisman for a life-changing epiphany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It might be the most American thing ever that we needed to experience the epiphany twice — with equal doses of tragedy and farce on both occasions — before we began to grasp its message.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
There’s a great train-track crossing sequence that’s also a vicious callback to Richard Dreyfuss’ epiphany in “Close Encounters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
“French can wait until tomorrow. I merely had an epiphany of sorts, about something I have been wondering about for some months. Now, shall we sing that muffin man song as we walk?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Either way, know that nothing in this hour expands beyond territory he hasn’t covered – including, and namely, any epiphanies about responsibility.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Investigating four centuries of British and American data, Mr. Goodspeed concludes that the apparent business cycles that economists have spent careers documenting are “apophanies” rather than epiphanies: illusions of pattern imposed on noise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
I’m a person who creates characters, imbues them with problems and makes up situations for them to struggle through toward emotional epiphanies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
If we kill busywork, we risk forfeiting the epiphanies that sometimes occur while doing easy, repetitive tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
"Because I am still doing research on the relationship between water polo and epiphanies."
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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