annus mirabilis

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Then the coronavirus hit and Raphael’s annus mirabilis turned into the world’s annus horribilis.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2020

I am supposed to be having my annus mirabilis now.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2020

The annus mirabilis, Warner adds, was 1743, when one person’s average annual consumption hit 2.2 gallons.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

But the study has limitations, not least that the team defined an actor’s annus mirabilis by the number of acting credits.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2019

The First of January, 1917—the dawn to me, a broken derelict, of the annus mirabilis.

From The Red Planet by Locke, William John