paean
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The Beatles’s “Hey Jude” was a strong option, but it has become a paean to Jude Bellingham, England’s attacking midfielder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
But as admiring as “Cover-Up” may be about Seymour Hersh, it is hardly a paean to American mass media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
“All’s Fair” is a paean to the classic Hollywood movies Murphy adores, with its most direct spiritual influence being the 1939 adaptation of “The Women.”
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
The band members impressively stepped into the stunningly gorgeous harmonies of “New Mama,” Young’s delicate and heartwarming paean written after the birth of his first son.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025
Its history, as composed by its own citizens, is one long paean of praise.
From American Sketches 1908 by Charles Whibley
Vocabulary lists containing paean
Antigone
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"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Poe's Favorite Words, collected by Charles Harrington Elster
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