epiphany
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"I had an epiphany when I met you and started working with you," Madonna wrote in her post, alongside a video of herself standing beside Orbit to accept a Grammy Award.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
He didn’t elaborate further, and my own attempt to interview Johnson over this epiphany fell through.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Also grieving Gerry is his daughter, Early, whose filial devotion clashes with her revulsion at Gerry’s brutality until her eventual epiphany: “I am my father’s daughter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Sarris recalls a similar epiphany he had speaking with McKay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
That epiphany should have flooded Ekon with happiness.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Either way, know that nothing in this hour expands beyond territory he hasn’t covered – including, and namely, any epiphanies about responsibility.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
I’m a person who creates characters, imbues them with problems and makes up situations for them to struggle through toward emotional epiphanies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
If we kill busywork, we risk forfeiting the epiphanies that sometimes occur while doing easy, repetitive tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Citing Oedipus, Macbeth and Raskolnikov, he points out that literary epiphanies always come too late.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
And in all that time, no one has ever asked a "random question" about "epiphanies" for "no reason."
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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