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Shangri-la

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


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Macron was speaking at the Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual high-level Asia defence summit held in Singapore.

From BBC May 30, 2025

“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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