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primal

[prahy-muhl] / ˈpraɪ məl /


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Dickens’s stories of suffering children and stark injustices still awaken almost primal feelings of horror and heartbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Dance movies marvelously translate primal emotions into motion, the human body becoming a supple instrument deftly communicating the pain, ecstasy and confusion of being alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

There’s an intrinsic connection when the subject is biological and primal, as in the first third of the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Image: FKA Twigs and her dancers letting out a collective primal scream while headlining the LadyLand Festival at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Others think it has to do with the primal fluid of the universe.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville


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