lodestar
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Some in the party thought they had found the lodestar in the now-disgraced Platner.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
From that moment on, the sunken warship became Mr. Dooley’s lodestar, even as he “became ever more cynical” about the Cuban revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
In fact, Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece of reckoning “Unforgiven” feels like a tonal lodestar to “Rust,” itself far from a glib, flashy shoot-em-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
From the time of America’s birth, that principle, while far from perfectly executed, has been our lodestar.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2024
To the unabashedly chauvinistic Time, the youthful Professor Lawrence’s career symbolized the emergence of American science as the lodestar of international research.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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