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idyll

[ahyd-l] / ˈaɪd l /




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Many say the idyll began to unravel when New Delhi appointed civil servant Jayanti Ravi to head Auroville in 2021.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Only in the 1980s did development get under way, eventually producing an exclusive idyll just south of Miami Beach with roughly 800 residences, accessible only by ferry or yacht.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

In what has all the hallmarks of a staged "scoop", this week's front page carries photographs of the couple taken recently on holiday in Corsica with the headline "The idyll that no-one expected."

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

In her columns for “Smart Housekeeping,” Elizabeth presides over an idyll of New England domesticity.

From Salon Dec. 25, 2025

I could drift along like this, in some dreary proletarian idyll, except for two things.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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