grail
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Experts say the holy grail -- machines capable of independently reacting to the unpredictability of any real-life situation -- is a long way off for any company.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“The holy grail of prediction markets, they shed light on some of the most consequential, decentralized and human processes in the world, where good data is crucial and hard to find.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Their holy grail, which Mr. Ballard calls “one of the most rare, difficult, and dangerous athletic feats on the planet,” is the Ice Mile, swum in water 41 degrees Fahrenheit or colder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
She recently found the holy grail of shirts for her - the Super Furry Animals-sponsored Cardiff City shirt - a legendary piece of Welsh football and music history.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Then I closed my grail diary and studied the Pac-Man machine in front of me, like a gunfighter sizing up an opponent.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
On the subject of holy grails, there’s the first recording by Lenny Kaye, “Crazy Like A Fox,” released under the nom de guerre Link Cromwell.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
One of the holy grails of trucking is to find a way to reduce the one-third of trips that big rigs are believed to spend hauling empty trailers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
“This has been one of the holy grails of remedying the Korean discount, and there’s at least a 50-50 chance of it passing this year,” he says.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Like many grails, you can’t stop admiring them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The seraphs would sing to her And from the River Dip her cool grails of radiant Life.
From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice
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Novel Study: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 7–9
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Ready Player One
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