nostalgic
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There’s also a newer bar downtown called Beckett’s, with great nostalgic sports memorabilia all over the walls and vintage TV screens everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
He watched as posters' imagination developed the image into a "vaguely nostalgic and vaguely dreamlike but also very tangible science-fiction concept".
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
She is currently a staff writer at 47Magazine, a Gen-Z-run publication based in NYC, where she’s written stories ranging from hair and gender expression to nostalgic 2000s trends.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Italy's Sal Da Vinci delivered a sweetly nostalgic slice of 70s disco, with a song dedicated to his wife, Per Sempre, which came fifth.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Aphrodite had sighed and waxed nostalgic about the good old days of the Civil War—how love and war always went hand in hand.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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