grail
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Throughout his time, Hibs had a ruinous capacity to concede late goals that checked momentum and made the search for the holy grail of consistency all the harder.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The Sacai jacket I have on now was my grail for a long time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
As a result those who have an energy fund in their retirement account, alongside stock and bond index funds, have enjoyed the investors’ holy grail: Bigger gains, and smoother returns.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Experts say the holy grail -- machines capable of independently reacting to the unpredictability of any real-life situation -- is a long way off for any company.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
I opened my grail diary and located my original notes on how to solve Zork.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
On the subject of holy grails, there’s the first recording by Lenny Kaye, “Crazy Like A Fox,” released under the nom de guerre Link Cromwell.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
One of the holy grails of trucking is to find a way to reduce the one-third of trips that big rigs are believed to spend hauling empty trailers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
“This has been one of the holy grails of remedying the Korean discount, and there’s at least a 50-50 chance of it passing this year,” he says.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Auctioneer Jonathon Torode said: "This is up there as one of the holy grails of Star Wars figure collecting."
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2024
The seraphs would sing to her And from the River Dip her cool grails of radiant Life.
From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice
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Solo
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Novel Study: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 7–9
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Ready Player One
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