florid
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“Bobby Bowden has meant everything to Florida State athletics and so much to college football in general,” Florid State athletic director David Coburn said in a statement.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2021
Florid, emotionally overwrought and saddled with a ridiculous plot, it’s proof that not every work by a great artist is great art.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2017
Characters in “Fount of Florid Reluctance” are pulled from numerous sources: The boy selling kerchiefs is from Bangladesh; the woman throwing flowers is Eastern European.
From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2016
He faced opposition in Thursday’s nomination race from House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz of Utah and Rep. Daniel Webster of Florid, but he was widely expected to defeat both rivals.
From MSNBC • Oct. 8, 2015
Florid counterpoint is a mixture of the second, third and fourth species.
From A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons by Lehmann, Friedrich Johann
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