idyll
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Other writers might have given us the idyll, but in Mr. Hoffman’s eyes the idyll is a troubled one, showing us that “home can be both a place and a way of getting there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
She physically twists Odysseus’ men into pigs in a grotesque sequence of body horror, with no romance, yearlong idyll or magical help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
When Adam Dunlop and his young family built their dream family home in the Northern Irish countryside, they never imagined that the fields around their idyll would become an illegal dumping ground for dead animals.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
The dates and places were correct; his description of his boyhood as a typical country idyll was most certainly a fabrication.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Poetry: Genres
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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