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Aura comes from a Greek word meaning what?

aura

[awr-uh] / ΛˆΙ”r Ι™ /


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The Americans bought into the package and Zuffa Boxing leaned heavily into his aura, with Dame Helen Mirren narrating a promotional film charting his rise.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Taking a nonjudgmental “everyone is welcome” stance while maintaining Orthodox observance and palpably expressed faith in God, Chabad attracts many Jews who gravitate to its aura of authenticity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Boca Juniors posted a photo on X of its midfielder Santiago Ascacibar celebrating a goal and joking that his aura was unbeatable.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Garrett, a 10th year pro and two-time NFL defensive player of the year, laughed when asked if he was conscious of his aura.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

The lights were on, as usual, since Serena Joy always avoided anything that would have created an aura of romance or eroticism, however slight: overhead lights, harsh despite the canopy.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Kew expert Tuula Niskanen found two of the Scottish species, including Cortinarius aurae, which she named after her daughter, Aura.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2020

War banners rustled from cedar ceiling beams as aurae blew back and forth, keeping everyone’s plates full.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Just for a moment, one of the aurae became visible—an elfin girl in a white silk dress.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

There was much talk of aurae at that time, and Fred mused that every beautiful, every compellingly beautiful woman, had an aura, whether other people did or no.

From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather

These creations seem to glow, beckoning us toward their surfaces to be enveloped by the inviting auras they emit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Mr Bravo-Hibberd had experienced personality changes for at least a year and suffered from headaches, taste auras and confusion for about two weeks prior to his diagnosis.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2023

In his classic 1935 essay, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," Walter Benjamin lamented the shrinkage of original works of art, whose auras depended on their uniqueness.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2023

Electronic auras seem to swirl around the audience, aided by the two antiphonal groups in the balcony boxes on either side of the proscenium — each with a percussionist, clarinetist and trumpeter.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2022

Koffi's eyes went wide as pure light exploded from the once-tiny flickers and became magnificent auras of glittering gold.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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