wholesome
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The musical’s tunes are among the most widely known English-language songs in China, embraced as a wholesome and earnest tale about love of one’s homeland and taught in classrooms across the country for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Earlier this month, while Cinco de Mayo revelers were swan-diving into pitchers of margaritas, a few dozen diners gathered in Brooklyn, N.Y., to celebrate a more wholesome annual rite: the arrival of ramp season.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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
If the goal was to make Jackson’s proclivities look normal and wholesome, congratulations, “Michael” is a spectacular failure.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 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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