starry
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They had a starry roster, recent wins over international giants like England and Brazil, and they had just been crowned African Cup of Nations champions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
As I ring the doorbell of Maggie O'Farrell's Edinburgh home, I wonder with some trepidation whether the acclaimed novelist might have become a bit starry after the whirlwind few months she's just had.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Goth Shakira holds court in a starry place to answer your heart’s questions about love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
The president convenes a starry meeting to address the current chaos, and pledges an executive order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
The Goose Fair was sluiced from a bowl of starry dark.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The unwritten rules: the bigger, the louder, the splashier, the starrier, the better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Mel Brooks, Angela Bassett and film editor Carol Littleton will collect honorary Oscar statuettes at a private, untelevised dinner Tuesday night in Los Angeles that has often been even starrier than the Oscars themselves.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
But Giannis persisted, honed his skills and eventually had to step in for his starrier brother when, during a key competitive game, Thanasis sustained an injury on the court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
For “The Gilded Age” HBO has assembled a starrier cast, but most of the actors fall victim to the obviousness of the material.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
A starrier lustre of lordlier music rose Beyond the sundering bar of seas and snows When Chaucer's thought took life and light from his And England's crown was one with Italy's.
From A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Stripped of their starriest player and many trusted associates, they’ve morphed into a tighter outfit that plays unselfish team basketball and relies on every player to shoot, rebound and defend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
Brazilian director Karim Ainouz's surreal satire "Rosebush Pruning" premiered on Saturday at the Berlin Film Festival with one of the programme's starriest casts portraying an outrageously spoiled and dysfunctional family descending into chaos.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
It was one of the starriest categories of the night, with Gatiss holding off competition from David Tennant, Andrew Scott, James Norton and Joseph Fiennes.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024
Like the Oscars this year, there was something warmer and lower key than usual about this starriest of after-parties.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2023
Surely the driest dust must turn and thrill When these wild breezes sweep out all despair— And lakes are bluest, pools are starriest where The streaming heavens overflow and spill.
From Challenge by Untermeyer, Louis
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