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idyll

[ahyd-l] / ˈaɪd l /




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Many say the idyll began to unravel when New Delhi appointed civil servant Jayanti Ravi to head Auroville in 2021.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Only in the 1980s did development get under way, eventually producing an exclusive idyll just south of Miami Beach with roughly 800 residences, accessible only by ferry or yacht.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

When Adam Dunlop and his young family built their dream family home in the Northern Irish countryside, they never imagined that the fields around their idyll would become an illegal dumping ground for dead animals.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

In her columns for “Smart Housekeeping,” Elizabeth presides over an idyll of New England domesticity.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

We grow apart, bit by bit, and eventually our summer idyll is ruined forever.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart




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