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
In early August, Wu made a run for the holy grail of speedruns: New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
So I devoted an entire section of my grail diary to deciphering the Limerick, line by line.
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
Bargain Hunt star Richard Madley, from Cardiff, dubbed the text "one of the holy grails".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
This life-chase after bubbles, this fighting for trifles, this pursuit of false grails, reminds us of the story of that Grecian boy lured to his death by the enchantress.
From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Newell Dwight Hillis
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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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