stillness
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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
“There was a stillness, a deafening silence. It was the sensation of being a kid in a room where there’s only one light source and you can see the floating particles in the air.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
There won't be much stillness in this place for a while yet.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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
There seemed a strange stillness over everything; but as I listened I heard as if from down below in the valley the howling of many wolves.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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