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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

He insisted that he was an independent artist, proving the point by providing decadent, images for an edition of Thomas Malory’s paean to heroic chivalry, “Le Morte d’Arthur.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Apart from being a paean to Twitter’s better day, it’s notable that this success is, also, about words.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

Merchan then cited Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent paean to the sanctity of judicial independence.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2025

"What say you, O Gens of Cleric?" he cried, his voice an exultant, clarioning paean of rejoicing.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 by Bates, Harry




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