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wholesome

[hohl-suhm] / ˈhoʊl səm /


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The Independent gave it the same score, calling Race Across the World "a wonderful source of escapism in uneasy times" and "the most wholesome show on TV".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Even so, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was and is sincere and wholesome, even moving at times.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

But how do you solve a problem like Alan Jay Lerner’s book, written for a sensibility markedly more wholesome than our own?

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

At the time, Alan told the Associated Press that he switched to country music because it better fit their wholesome image.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

So after each birth, Mrs. Richardson had returned to her job, crafted the pleasant, wholesome stories her editor demanded, come home to fawn over her little ones, waited for the next baby to arrive.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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