pastoral
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There are sweet pastoral pieces that evoke gardens and rolling hills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Its people participated in broad networks connecting agricultural and pastoral societies across northern, central, and southern China.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
“My Neighbor Totoro” is a gateway into a pastoral ideal that still exists in living memory, reviving parts of our imagination that maturity has stifled into dormancy.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
And then there’s the biggest pothole of all on the road to pastoral wonder:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Perhaps an agrarian or pastoral civilization, with less culture and less people would be better.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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