zeitgeist
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Garfunkel’s tender folk couldn’t be farther from the chrome-coated zeitgeist of the turn of the last century.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Every few years, a new, elite form of hydration seizes the zeitgeist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Schneider argued that football - which is regarded as a "foreign import" by many Americans - is never going to be in the zeitgeist like American football or basketball.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
When betting on the artificial-intelligence trade outpaces gains in the world’s biggest digital currency by more than 200%, you know you’re witnessing a sea change in the global investment zeitgeist.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
It went on and vanished among the fronds of a distant island; but the calm had been broken, and through all the stems there ran a restless sense of anticipation, a zeitgeist of prophetic import.
From Edge of the Jungle by William Beebe