fairy
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“The AI fairy didn’t show up,” said Kohn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Of course the fairy tale ending was wished by all,” one commenter wrote on Facebook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Also known as fairy penguins, they are the tiniest species of the semi-aquatic sea birds, barely reaching knee height and weighing about the same as a standard bag of sugar.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
But these narratives tell you nothing more than that Wall Street’s brokers were exposed at impressionable ages to the Goldilocks fairy tale.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
She turns her back to me to clean invisible dust off the sparkling fairy orb.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Woodland fairies carrying giant daffodils or wearing hats covered in mushrooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
A bit further along, Perreau unveils a light green piece, created by Italian costume designer Ezio Toffolutti for one of the fairies in William Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
These are mischievous fairies of Welsh folklore that resemble humans but possess magical qualities.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
I may, for example, find comfort in thinking there are fairies at the end of my garden who can carry messages to departed loved ones or protect my cabbages from pests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
If there was anybody capable of relieving the fairies of some of their magical gold, it was Artemis Fowl the Second.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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