grail
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As a result those who have an energy fund in their retirement account, alongside stock and bond index funds, have enjoyed the investors’ holy grail: Bigger gains, and smoother returns.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Mike Tyson's mark as the youngest heavyweight champion in history - 20 years, four months and 22 days - remains boxing's ultimate holy grail.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Experts say the holy grail -- machines capable of independently reacting to the unpredictability of any real-life situation -- is a long way off for any company.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Even so, sonic adventurers, beginning with Leopold Stokowski in the 1930s, experimented with amplification in an obsessive, seemingly quixotic effort to locate a mythical sonic grail on the Cahuenga Pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
I opened my grail diary and located my original notes on how to solve Zork.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
On the subject of holy grails, there’s the first recording by Lenny Kaye, “Crazy Like A Fox,” released under the nom de guerre Link Cromwell.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
One of the holy grails of trucking is to find a way to reduce the one-third of trips that big rigs are believed to spend hauling empty trailers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
“This has been one of the holy grails of remedying the Korean discount, and there’s at least a 50-50 chance of it passing this year,” he says.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Like many grails, you can’t stop admiring them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
They have been out after the things they wanted—golden fleeces, holy grails, lady loves, treasure, crowns and fame.
From The Four Million by O. Henry
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Solo
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Novel Study: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 7–9
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Ready Player One
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