ideal
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For me, this is ideal weeknight cooking: A tostada piled high with ceviche tastes like vacation even when you’re eating it on a Tuesday.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
Others want indexes to reflect the market, not to time their addition of companies for ideal returns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
It isn’t ideal by any stretch, but SpaceX is Musk’s company, and an investment in SpaceX is an investment in Musk.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
It’s hard to imagine any topic more ideal for creating this kind conflict than UFOs.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
This wasn’t ideal, but it did give us something to talk about.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Frindle
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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