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festival

[fes-tuh-vuhl] / ˈfɛs tə vəl /


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The atmosphere was more akin to a music festival than an antigovernment rally in the middle of a war.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Netflix’s senior director of creative innovation, Girish Balakrishnan, outlined at the Runway AI film festival how AI was used to create soccer fans in “Brazil ’70” and establish shots for fight scenes in “Glory.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

The festival was launched in 2006 as a modest affair, with a peak daily attendance of just 4,500.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

One thing is different about this year's festival: there are no corporate sponsors.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

From this altitude it appears the way Coachella or any major festival would look—which is disturbing to her, because entertainment is the last thing these people want right now.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Taneal Jordan enjoyed attending local festivals and other events when she lived in Milwaukee after graduating from a local college.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

It’s a niche manufacturing business that caters to enterprising chefs and restaurateurs who are testing a concept or hitting the road for music festivals, farmers markets or a meal break at offices.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Accessible festivals, and was the character Mary Lennox, in The Secret Garden, actually autistic?

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

And on red carpets and film festivals, you can find movie and industry leaders feeding their four favorite films into a microphone emblazoned with Letterboxd’s orange, green and blue dot logo.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

This is a time of festivals and carnivals, of extraordinary theatrical pageants.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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