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wellspring

[wel-spring] / ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ /


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Elected officials from across the nation are drawn to California because of its wellspring of wealthy political donors.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

Angela’s vivid mood swings are a wellspring of entertainment; Tommy associates her phone number with an orchestral ringtone that sounds like a horror movie jump scare.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

The 18th-century cult of reason met its match in the 19th century’s devotion to feeling—including suffering—as the wellspring of life and truth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

The weight of that history — at a school known both for its wellspring of quarterbacks and lineage of Polynesian stars — hasn’t been lost on Maiava, who called it “a blessing and a privilege.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

Djel, the wellspring, who fed the seas and rains, and the roots of the sacred ash.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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