idyll
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Other writers might have given us the idyll, but in Mr. Hoffman’s eyes the idyll is a troubled one, showing us that “home can be both a place and a way of getting there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
She physically twists Odysseus’ men into pigs in a grotesque sequence of body horror, with no romance, yearlong idyll or magical help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Many say the idyll began to unravel when New Delhi appointed civil servant Jayanti Ravi to head Auroville in 2021.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
In her columns for “Smart Housekeeping,” Elizabeth presides over an idyll of New England domesticity.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025
Then, in the midst of this idyll, came the first of two pivotal setbacks.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing idyll
Poetry: Genres
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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