sublime
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At its best, the restaurant drama can be sublime, possibly the best thing on TV; but the past two seasons have felt like a wasted opportunity, with the story largely spinning its wheels.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
Sonny Rollins, a sublime tenor saxophonist and one of the last iconic figures of the golden age of post-World War II jazz, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Dame Felicity's agent told the BBC that "in her work, she was sublime; inhabiting every performance with precision, depth and beauty".
From BBC • May 17, 2026
But one problem with the meticulous budgeting of time is that it prevents the achievement of that sublime state: losing track of it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Few things are more sublime or characteristically human than the crossfertilization of cultures.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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