splendor
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With their kids, ranging in age from 6 to 26, they visit the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Sean Duffy’s old digs in Boston and the snowy splendor of Montana and Wyoming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mr. Stevens, known to American audiences for playing Matthew Crawley in “Downton Abbey,” has a supple, sensitive delivery that sustains a sense of epic splendor while bringing out the relatable aspects of Homer’s tale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
His account on Friday night of Mr. Salonen’s five-movement clarinet concerto “Kinēma” was an alchemic blend of technical acumen and tonal splendor in one of the composer’s most immediately enjoyable works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
As if these athletes are somehow the pinnacle of military splendor.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
“You said it yourself once, there’s nothing out there but open grassland. It would be a safe place for Adiah to get rid of the splendor still inside her.”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Mr. Gennari, who grew up in Lenox—a little too late for the splendors of Music Inn, except as a point of community pride—is perfectly equipped to tell this tale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
There’s just one hitch: Though Mossbrae Falls sits less than 2,000 feet from Dunsmuir city limits, there is no easy — or legal — way for the public to access its watery splendors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2025
"Goodly splendors await upon your victory. Love, Mr. Milchick."
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
Like Pietro, you are immediately plunged into the region’s splendors and mysteries, its densely sheltering foliage, enigmatically abandoned corners and dramatic, seemingly limitless vistas.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
But probably it was only that carpets and couches and curtains just didn’t make the right atmosphere for a game about hidden splendors and giant mysteries, in a land of mud and sand.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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