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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

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

“Something a little more wholesome than the debauchery of downtown,” says John Ingram, chairman of the Ingram Industries conglomerate and owner of the pro-soccer team Nashville SC.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

“Taylor, who played my dad, was the more wholesome, normalized version of who my dad was,” Konkle says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

"But I know also that the enchantress is dead. And the ice and snow have vanished, so that Narnia is now wholesome, fruitful, and delicious."

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis




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