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

Jaquez put the bow on it when she hit a late three-pointer that made it 79-45, her shot followed by a smile and a scream to the heavens.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 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

It was a natural choice; the waxing and waning of the moon in the heavens was hard to overlook, and it offered a convenient way of marking periodic cycles of time.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife