ideal
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It was far from ideal - and it served as a reminder for Iraola that he must appoint a vice-captain soon, with the vacancy open after Andy Robertson's departure.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
My ideal guy had to be at least 6 feet tall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Its true opposite is not the restaurant sandwich, constructed by a chef and eaten promptly under ideal conditions.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Larger fractures might transport more water under ideal conditions, but turbulence makes even those situations much less favorable.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Uto'pian, ideal, fanciful, chimerical: from "Utopia"—an imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called "Utopia," as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics laws, and society.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
"We had to rebuild our lives from scratch," De Zerbi told Lamrani, who says the Italian remains "true to the ideals of his youth and to his working-class roots".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Wilde found further inspiration in Araki’s own fortitude, his steadfastness to his ideals and how it sets him apart from many other filmmakers who parlayed early indie cred into payday careerism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The nation is so committed to its egalitarian ideals of social enjoyment, proper development and sport-for-all that kids aren’t even sorted by talent until they’re 13.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It is where our national ideals are debated, tested, challenged and renewed.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
The certainty that he was finally fighting for his own liberation and not for abstract ideals, for slogans that politicians could twist left and right according to the circumstances, filled him with an ardent enthusiasm.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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