primal
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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
“There’s a primal fear and fascination baked into our DNA with such majestic beasts,” Choudhury says.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
Verstappen would like F1 to change the rules, but that is because he has a fundamental, almost primal, objection to what they have done to the cars.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
“Our Cow Angus” represents a turn toward the primal, said Sabina Lee, curatorial director of Seoul’s Daelim Museum, which organized MSCHF’s first museum solo show in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
That and a primal urge to destroy my father's golf bags.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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The Lightning Thief
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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