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odyssey

[od-uh-see] / ˈɒd ə si /


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"It is a completely different experience," said photographer Hemant Chaturvedi, 58, who has documented what remains during a seven-year odyssey, photographing 1,350 single-screen cinemas across 1,000 towns.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

After she was laid off from a soybean processing plant last year, Lynn Lee began a 16-month odyssey to find her way back to employment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

In terms of the album’s reception history, “Revolver” has enjoyed a strange odyssey in the United States.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

And it reminds us that there are still lands to discover on the odyssey that is quantum research.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

But their odyssey comes to a humiliating halt.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

As odysseys go, it’s very much my speed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

The international team of researchers were able to piece together the separate odysseys from photos of the whales' tails -- including some taken by amateur photographers on cruises -- captured decades apart.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

In person, she has a newfound ease and confidence that suggests her nocturnal odysseys paid off.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

For the past three decades, the French writer Sylvain Tesson has chronicled his love for extreme adventures, embracing odysseys that test his mental and physical endurance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

The same which you had given Odysseus for we too endure our own odysseys.

From Rhyme and Reason; a Compilation of Verses, Rhymes and Senses by Dom




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