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idyll

[ahyd-l] / ˈaɪd l /




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It begins with a suburban idyll, bedroom curtains milky white in the morning sunlight, a mother waking to the radio, father and son out for an early bike ride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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

The idyll was hemmed in by immaculate office buildings housing high-profile Hollywood and tech tenants including Amazon, Oracle and AMC Networks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

The dates and places were correct; his description of his boyhood as a typical country idyll was most certainly a fabrication.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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