blithely
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Policy elites on both sides of the Atlantic blithely assumed that engagement with the West would lead China to liberalize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Today — April 1st — we imagine, with our tongues blithely thrust deep into our cheeks, just how far wellness trends could go in 2026.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
Hoecker says cutting jobs also signals to stock market investors worried about the "real and huge" cost of AI development that executives are not blithely writing blank cheques.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Backed into a corner by the threat of a career-ending scandal—one that would not only undo her but also her blithely trusting editor — Elizabeth agrees to make the fantasy corporeal.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025
Outside, mockingbirds were singing blithely, and, once in a while, when the songsters took flight, Mariam could see their wings catching the phosphorescent blue of moonlight beaming through the clouds.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary lists containing blithely
Animal Farm
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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