idyll
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Niigata prefecture is a coastal idyll of steep mountains and lush rice paddies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
In her columns for “Smart Housekeeping,” Elizabeth presides over an idyll of New England domesticity.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
But the idyll has been disrupted this past week by thousands of earthquakes.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025
Full of snappy and snappish dialogue, the book imagines a carnival-esque week’s idyll in the “shantytown of millionaires” that was 1950s Malibu.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024
“It wasn’t the same. No summer idyll like we used to have. They were doing construction on New Clairmont. Everyone was acting miserable and I kept looking for you but you never came.”
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
Vocabulary lists containing idyll
Poetry: Genres
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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