splendor
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They depict a natural world often enlivened with the dramatic splendor of rushing falls, flowing lava, and vivid arrays of sky, clouds and storms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
With their kids, ranging in age from 6 to 26, they visit the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Sean Duffy’s old digs in Boston and the snowy splendor of Montana and Wyoming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I’ve never been in a city that feels like L.A., that has the vibe of L.A., that has the visual splendor and squalor,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
His account on Friday night of Mr. Salonen’s five-movement clarinet concerto “Kinēma” was an alchemic blend of technical acumen and tonal splendor in one of the composer’s most immediately enjoyable works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
My bare toes wriggle, and the splendor responds as though it was only waiting for me to make the first move.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Donny Hathaway had already been expounding on the splendors and indignities of American life by the time he got to the Troubadour in West Hollywood in the last week of August 1971.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Mr. Gennari, who grew up in Lenox—a little too late for the splendors of Music Inn, except as a point of community pride—is perfectly equipped to tell this tale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
"Goodly splendors await upon your victory. Love, Mr. Milchick."
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
Black people, in this telling, could be proud of their roots in the ancient kingdom that built some of the world’s greatest splendors.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
The time had come for the assembly and as he walked into the concealing splendors of the sunlight he went carefully over the points of his speech.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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