guru
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She began seeking out new teachers and after finding her guru, Sri Swami Chidananda, at a yoga center in upstate New York, would travel abroad periodically to study with him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
After 2002, Orbán befriended Árpád Habony, a martial arts instructor and businessman, as his personal guru.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Bill Ackman, aspiring to replace him as the world’s leading investment guru, thinks the time has come to act on that advice.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Data guru Steve Kornacki decided to stick with NBC News as he also has assignments at NBC Sports.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
This is one of those chapters again where Professor Bongiorno of Columbia, the Florinese guru, claims that Morgenstern’s satiric genius is at its fullest flower.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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