firmament
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Did she back off on a premise that is dead on arrival in the current cultural firmament?
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
It is our fervent belief that this conversation about the role of the court in the U.S. legal firmament will serve to make the court more durable.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Announcing his campaign before she officially made that decision — or had the chance to choose her successor — sent shock waves through the political firmament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
The pre-Revolutionary era aligned with advances in knowledge of the heavenly bodies, sparked by telescopes and a firmament not-yet-obstructed by skyscrapers and pollution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Even Simon Harley-Dickinson must have wondered, from his ever-changing position in the theatrical firmament: What had become of Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia Incorrigible, the three wards of Lord Fredrick Ashton, of Ashton Place, England?
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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