ideal
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The lazy days of August are ideal for catching up on these 20 TV shows, movies, books and podcasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
My ideal guy had to be at least 6 feet tall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Its true opposite is not the restaurant sandwich, constructed by a chef and eaten promptly under ideal conditions.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Burnham said in "an ideal world" he would not want anyone to have to sell their home to pay for care, describing it as a "really awful process".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Joining midyear isn’t ideal, but it’s totally possible. Fern was homeschooled before this, is that correct?”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The ideals that once unified the country are losing their grip, surveys show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"There's more to do to fulfil the nation's founding ideals," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
We cheered our national ideals, and the nation seemed unified in trying to live up to them.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
And then the two basic ideals of modem man—without them he is unthinkable—the idea of free personality and the idea of life as sacrifice.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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