stillness
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With his lanky frame, unruly hair and sad, deep-set eyes, Turturro, 69, often inhabits twitchy, tightly wound characters, though he can also recede into stillness, conveying buried hurt and pain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The stillness of green spaces "can help us connect with memories" of loved ones, says Andy Langford, clinical director at Cruse Bereavement Support.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
So scientists anchor the world’s coordinates to far-off stillness: quasars, the luminous cores of galaxies billions of light-years away, observed nightly by radio telescopes across multiple continents and cross-checked with lasers bounced off satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The COVID-19 pandemic gave Korkejian the stillness to undertake it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The clock continues to chime, but she feels the stillness fall.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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