idyll
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She physically twists Odysseus’ men into pigs in a grotesque sequence of body horror, with no romance, yearlong idyll or magical help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Many say the idyll began to unravel when New Delhi appointed civil servant Jayanti Ravi to head Auroville in 2021.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
When Adam Dunlop and his young family built their dream family home in the Northern Irish countryside, they never imagined that the fields around their idyll would become an illegal dumping ground for dead animals.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
The long, digressive rural idyll “NN” follows a sophisticated city dweller’s return to the village of his childhood country house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
I could drift along like this, in some dreary proletarian idyll, except for two things.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing idyll
Poetry: Genres
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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