epitome
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People like Rupar, who post candid videos and photos that reveal his human weakness, pierce through the increasingly fragile White House efforts to prop up the 80-year-old president as the epitome of strength and masculinity.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Former UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein described him as "the epitome of evil".
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Meanwhile, the primary suite is the epitome of luxury, featuring a private sitting area, steam shower, and a balcony overlooking the picturesque grounds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
South Africa "should be the epitome of Pan-Africanism. We talk about African integration. We talk about free movement… even if you have issues with high immigration, is this how you resolve it?"
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Our lack of brothers and sisters makes it easier to imagine that we are the epitome of creation, and that a chasm separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
These are not the complex epitomes that show the extent of a wine’s potential.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2020
To present its hippest neighborhoods as epitomes of a cosmopolitanism that hasn’t turned its back on tradition.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2017
“Symphony in C” has long been one of the epitomes of high-orthodox ballet classicism.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2013
Sometimes the very men who became epitomes of chivalric virtue turned away from its presumptions in disgust.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2011
Thus the Mahâsamaya and Aṭânâṭiya suttas are epitomes of popular mythology tacked on to the history of the Buddha.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
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