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idyll

[ahyd-l] / ˈaɪd l /




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Maintaining this pleasant emptiness is no easy task, as ghosts of Charles’s past slowly begin to invade his idyll.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

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

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

In subsequent books, the outside world impinges on Roz’s idyll.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

But the idyll has been disrupted this past week by thousands of earthquakes.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

So we zealously set to work to create an idyll—an idyll of eating and sleeping of course.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque