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
It’s a simple but primal character motivation that Beetz sells with a wild-eyed ferocity.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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
I knew the rough distances of the stages and the distance between aid stations, but we were out here for a primal, even savage experience, and sometimes the distances were off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Usually the only sounds you heard at fencing tournaments were the primal grunts and yells from the fencers themselves on the strip.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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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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