ideal
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He professed a fondness for Tupac Shakur and electronic dance music, discussed UFO sightings around U.S. military installations and admitted his ideal fall Saturday involves spending hours watching college football.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
However, researchers say more work is needed to determine the ideal "dose" of stair climbing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
An investigation into the unsung hero of condiments: Relish is the ideal summer ingredient.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Meanwhile, developments at PJM Interconnection, which serves 13 mid-Atlantic states including Virginia, are also less than ideal for existing power plant owners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“In those days, weeks, months, years, now decades since 1980, Mount St. Helens has become the master teacher—an ideal lab for volcano studies,” said Carolyn Driedger.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
He enslaved more than 100 people at Mount Vernon, and historians continue to grapple with the contradiction between the nation’s founding ideals and the human bondage practiced by its first president, among his strong mythology.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Wilde found further inspiration in Araki’s own fortitude, his steadfastness to his ideals and how it sets him apart from many other filmmakers who parlayed early indie cred into payday careerism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The nation is so committed to its egalitarian ideals of social enjoyment, proper development and sport-for-all that kids aren’t even sorted by talent until they’re 13.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Those words were both a promise and a challenge, calling on each generation to bring the nation closer to its founding ideals.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
“The Motherland” was a nation of ideals and contradictions.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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