paean
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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
The postwar period is rife with big names who used brands as both a pastiche of and paean to America’s consumer culture: Richard Prince, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Eduardo Paolozzi and—king of them all—Andy Warhol.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
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
Merchan then cited Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent paean to the sanctity of judicial independence.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2025
Its history, as composed by its own citizens, is one long paean of praise.
From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles
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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