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paean

[pee-uhn] / ˈpi ən /


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Other backward glances include “As You Lie There,” a fantasy about a teenage crush that never blossomed into a romance, and “Salesman Saint,” a paean to Mr. McCartney’s parents’ coping with life in postwar Liverpool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

And during Ms. Kealani’s closing paean to Charles X, once again sensitively accompanied by the solo harp, the Gérard picture slowly assembled, with the painting itself finally projected onto the singers and Paulo Fantin’s set.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 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

One of the great theatrical speeches written in the last 25 years, this vertiginous paean to America’s pastime was no doubt a factor in O’Hare’s win.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

Cicero preferred the cretic – ∪ – which he says is the metrical equivalent of the paean.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various




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