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primal

[prahy-muhl] / ˈpraɪ məl /


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And yet: The sheer number of YouTube and Spotify playlists of TV themes old and new suggests that our primal pop-culture brains long for some of the familiarity and comfort they once reliably triggered.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

"I want to promote more of the primal lifestyles."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

His work evokes an almost timeless primal world in which the poet moves and doubts and suffers and acts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

After Eva and Ryland briefly ruminate on fear and primal instinct, Ryland’s otherwise direct and unemotional government superior takes to the mic, performing a cover of Harry Styles’ “Sign of the Times.”

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Adina’s crying activated something deep and primal within Mary Lou.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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