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paean

[pee-uhn] / ˈpi ən /


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“Founder’s Fire” is no uncritical paean to the greatness of this country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

C. Thi Nguyen considers that possibility in “The Score,” a paean to all kinds of games, from Risk to Super Mario Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Emerging bluesman Sammie plays a song he wrote as a confession to his pastor father, a paean to the music he loves.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

“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

Now she is at once recognized and the opera ends with a paean of praise to the faithfulness of German wives.

From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.




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