heavens
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The work suggests Dante recognized meteors as real geological forces at a time when Aristotelian beliefs still portrayed the heavens as perfect and unchanging.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
“Thank heavens I never came near the guy,” Buffett said.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
He then fell to his knees, crossed himself and looked to the heavens.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
“The silent one-clouded heavens drifted on to the sea,” he notes wistfully.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Nathan no longer said perhaps; only a faint spark of hope, obstinately refusing to die, brought him out each dawn to scour the heavens for a sign.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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