dream
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"I'm not alone, I know that behind me millions of women, from many countries, have the same dream and they are standing with me."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
He was left with a vague feeling of waking from a very long dream.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“To see Dosis and ‘No Capea’ celebrated alongside artists I admire is a dream come true,” said Xavi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
So the clock was ticking for the Ohio family to go on their dream vacation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
But that was my dream, and school stood between me and it.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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“The German zeppelins,” Ms. Katz writes, “began as a character in the hopeful story of the 1930s . . . the ship of dreams with the power to connect the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Dunham, 40, has spoken publicly about her struggles with fertility and chronic illness, and grief around her dreams of motherhood after undergoing a hysterectomy when she was 31 years old.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Damon Herriman plays a cult leader in the image of David Koresh, complete with aviator glasses and rock star dreams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
"You have to go with your dreams, your passion," Zeta-Jones said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Around him, the Forest creaked in its sleep, dreaming its deep green dreams.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Mr. Warrack describes removing an approximately 3-foot-deep layer of pigeon excrement from Rome’s Church of SS Vincenzo e Anastasio, “which revealed a multitude of squirming horrors that even Hieronymus Bosch never dreamed of.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“We never dreamed anything like this would ever happen to us, turning people from trusting to everybody wanting to get alarm systems and security lights.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
She had not long met her partner and dreamed of a career in policing, but suddenly the future was looking bleak.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Henry Ford dreamed of erasing the boundary between farm and factory.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Then when I slept, I dreamed a familiar dream.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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Growing up in her family's bakery, she had dreamt of one day running her own business.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Money itself is just a construct, one with rules dreamt up by humans.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
"That was the moment I realised somebody had to do something," said the wildlife biologist, who never dreamt of a career revolving around the sea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
For Sonnenshine, who was in the middle of working on Season 2, the reality of making the series has been even more rewarding than what she dreamt of as a child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
I dreamt of calling Ted up and inviting him to dinner, to one of those trendy who’s-who places, like Cafe Majestic or Rosalie’s.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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Readers found William so delightful—so infuriating, so crafty, so entertaining—that Crompton kept dreaming up escapades for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Now, like many Iranian students dreaming of a future elsewhere, she is scrambling to find another way to take it, while absorbing the new exam fee and hefty travel costs.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
But Bendrau is constantly dreaming up new Aussie-inspired menu items for Journey Beyond’s various multi-day train trips across the country.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Reading, she believed, was the gateway to dreaming, and dreaming, the first step in the path toward success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
She lifted little May out of her dreaming and ran and put her in the old metal washtub.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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