paean
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But as admiring as “Cover-Up” may be about Seymour Hersh, it is hardly a paean to American mass media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
He insisted that he was an independent artist, proving the point by providing decadent, images for an edition of Thomas Malory’s paean to heroic chivalry, “Le Morte d’Arthur.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“All’s Fair” is a paean to the classic Hollywood movies Murphy adores, with its most direct spiritual influence being the 1939 adaptation of “The Women.”
From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025
The Oscars ceremony opens with a cinematic paean to Los Angeles, then Ariana Grande sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025
At the mouth of the Borysthenes, Achilles has been espied by mariners, who were sailing past his isle, careering along with his yellow locks and arms of gold, and singing his paean of battle.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
Vocabulary lists containing paean
Antigone
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"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Poe's Favorite Words, collected by Charles Harrington Elster
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