élan
Example Sentences
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Patrick Hall, a co-owner of Elan Flowers in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, has been dealing with a flurry of changes as clients have grown more skittish about the virus.
From New York Times
"We really spent a lot of time crafting our ending, because we wanted it to have a big twist at the end, and I feel very happy with what we did," series creator Elan Gale told Salon.
From Salon
And she does not stint on the laughs: In addition to Frank and Jackie’s anarchic humor, “CODA” benefits from the presence of Ruby’s glee club coach Mr. Villalobos, a martinet with a heart of gold played with deadpan élan by Eugenio Derbez.
From Washington Post
“The market cap, the luster, the élan of Elon, is still there,” Block wrote, in explaining why his bets against Tesla have gone away.
From New York Times
In an interview with Salon, "FBoy Island" creator Elan Gale confirmed that the team "talked a lot about the verbage" of these labels, and the show's intent to not treat "fboy" and "nice guy" status as assessments of the contestants' moral characters.
From Salon
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