eternal

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After which he addresses the moon, asking it to “shine in my yard, / let the grass blades / cast shadows on themselves. / Harbinger of dreams, let me sleep in your / eternal glow.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In “Ready or Not,” Weaving’s blushing bride-to-be, Grace, discovers that she’s marrying into a family of devil-worshippers who sold their souls for eternal wealth, and they must sacrifice her to keep the money rolling in.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

It is worth repeating that the past behavior of markets does not show what markets will do in the future, let alone what markets “do” in some kind of generalized eternal present.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Showered with honors and tributes, he had begun to seem eternal, a cultural constant.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

His father’s face was black—like a sad, eternal night; yet in his father’s face there burned a fire—a fire eternal in an eternal night.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin