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Shangri-la

[shang-gruh-lah, shang-gruh-lah] / ˈʃæŋ grəˌlɑ, ˌʃæŋ grəˈlɑ /


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In his speech on Sunday at the Shangri-la Dialogue, Koizumi said it was "only natural" that every country, including Japan, updates its defences to meet new challenges and to contribute to peace in the region.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

“When you walk into this house,” he says, “you are walking into Harlan’s brain. He loved the film ‘Lost Horizon’ and the concept of Shangri-la, a place where everything that gave you joy would exist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

"Ratched" was a bomb, but the psychiatric hospital where Sarah Paulson's wicked nurse worked was an interior designer's Shangri-la.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023

Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at Singapore's Shangri-la Dialogue security conference in June, where a handshake marked their closest interaction.

From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2023

He owned a horse, which he kept in a little corral at the rear of his half-acre Shangri-la.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols


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