grandeur
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Through stained-glass windows you can peer into the Victoria Baths and see the faded grandeur of a public pool Mancunians enjoyed for nearly a century - but you won't see any water in it now.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
"Seeing it on TV, it gives it that grandeur, but actually seeing it in person, it's really breathtaking."
From BBC • May 30, 2026
He packed oversight commissions with appointees who would rubber-stamp his delusions of grandeur and did the same with the Kennedy Center, whose new board promptly renamed the performing arts venue for him.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
However, Paine believes that even with the hard work and multiple projects the team juggles, the grandeur of the Oscars makes it “special to be part of.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
There was a grandeur about the day, about the colossal, barely stirring beeches and oaks, and the light that dropped like jewels through the fresh foliage to make pools among last years dead leaves.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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