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dream

[dreem] / drim /




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Tesla will be left with little in the pipeline if the robot dream doesn’t play out as expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

“I bought this little house and the kids were born here. So it’s been kind of a dream to be here long enough to see that happen.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Just a decade ago, it was nothing more than the dream of scientists in the lab.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Anything less would be a fallacy, a dream of a world that we don’t, and might never, live in.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

On the morning of a school field trip, Danny woke from a fitful dream.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

You don’t have to go into a lot of detail here about your hopes and dreams for the future, such as traveling or spending time with your grandchildren.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The man responsible for making the dreams of United fans around the world come true for once was unsure of the reception he would receive from supporters.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I arrived like so many others: a suitcase full of dreams and fears," he wrote in June 2025 in one of his columns for the newspaper La Presse.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

It all reduces to the promise of small daily actions that, over time, build into the conquest of your wildest dreams.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

But my eyes were too heavy to open, and my mind was deep in dreams, so I gave in to the sleep that was calling me back.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

That is what the Kennedy Center was named for: a president who dreamed of a country unafraid of beauty, unafraid of grace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Daniel and Jackson Duran-Pincus never dreamed of living in my neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

“We never dreamed anything like this would ever happen to us, turning people from trusting to everybody wanting to get alarm systems and security lights.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Rhys said he first saw the play as a student in London more than 30 years ago and dreamed of portraying Burton ever since.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Growing up, I dreamed of being a musician,” he said, thumping back into his chair.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

We are introduced to mortgage-backed securities and to the people who dreamt them up and abused them, antiheroes of the 2007-09 debt debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“I’ve spent my entire twenties sitting across from the most incredible people, people I’d always dreamt of meeting,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

From a modest family, he dreamt of becoming a computer engineer to "change his life", he told AFP, withholding his surname because "the fear is still there".

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Growing up in her family's bakery, she had dreamt of one day running her own business.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

When I finally did, I dreamt of dancing on the stage at the Academy of Music.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince

Patriotism as enacted by the creative community takes the American experiment seriously enough to question, examine, remember what we’ve forgotten and catalyze collective American dreaming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Whatever the mechanism, the findings suggest that the dreaming brain may be operating under unusually high energy demands even while its fuel supply increases.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Evenepoel began his athletic career dreaming of playing soccer for the Belgian national team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Now, like many Iranian students dreaming of a future elsewhere, she is scrambling to find another way to take it, while absorbing the new exam fee and hefty travel costs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I was dreaming I was in the crow’s nest...my turn as lookout,” he mumbled.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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