zeitgeist
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Pendleton introduced the Westerley sweater in 1974, but it didn’t enter the zeitgeist until 24 years later, when Joel and Ethan Coen released their masterwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Most agree that the zeitgeist of rap started to shift away from the stubbornly anachronistic rapper sometime around the end of the aughts.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
In an exercise culture driven by fads, can Hyrox hold its spot in the zeitgeist?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"It's a unique moment in our collective zeitgeist for sure," says Fratto, but she also thinks that Nvidia's decision to put Jensen Huang on the front of its official merch is also "kind of funny".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
So Sophy left off trying to understand clearly all the "ologies" and fly-wheel within fly-wheel movements of the day, and contented herself with a general apprehension of the zeitgeist.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
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