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reverie

[rev-uh-ree] / ˈrɛv ə ri /


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Feig and screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine cleverly use this teenage-boy-daydream element to reel in male audiences who may be begrudgingly watching with their girlfriends, and Seyfried perfectly plays into the reverie.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

This moves the contact into the seldom used “X file,” where I can, in my moments of reverie, review and remind myself of those once treasured relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

He is likely to find this reverie equally fantastical.

From Slate • May 8, 2025

When Lennon presented McCartney with “Strawberry Fields Forever,” a woozy reverie loosely based on his childhood, McCartney wrote his own memory piece, “Penny Lane.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

“So,” my mother awakened me from my reverie.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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