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And yet fans suspend their cynicism for a few hours — for a tournament, for a season — because they know that the communion that soccer offers is pure and holy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The former was purpose-driven, with check boxes next to each book; the latter, pure fantasy that was much more inspirational than acquisitive.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
One of them was Julian Alvarez, who I would describe as a very complete player because he is not like a pure number nine, or even a 10 who drops deeper.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
First she’s declarative, with pure tone and just Sullivan Fortner’s piano for accompaniment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
“It’s a probability Adinkra symbol. When two chain links with a pure bond are touching each other, their collective path becomes visible,” Ama explains.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The Middle East supplies about a fifth of the world’s jet fuel, a form of kerosene that is purer and can withstand the freezing temperatures at cruise altitudes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
There, in microgravity, the miniature labs grow molecular crystals that are purer than those produced in Earth’s gravity for use in pharmaceuticals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
"The work that we're doing now is allowing us to create semiconductors up to 4,000 times purer in space than we can currently make here today," says Josh Western, CEO of Space Forge.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
Kurita and Organo are purer plays on fab buildouts; Ecolab still makes most of its money keeping restaurant kitchens sanitary, while Xylem sells a lot of municipal pumps.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
But apparently the machine had a purer soul than any human.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
"This work reflects a philosophy of chemistry that's designed to accelerate drug discovery in its purest form," says Moses.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
It’s the purest demonstration of what it means to bring together subjective lived experience and academic knowledge.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
"A stone of this colour and size is extremely scarce, and adding to its rarity the diamond is type Ia, amongst the purest of natural gems," it said.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Now, I know that’s pathetic in just about its purest form, but there’s no way I can deal with this kind of thing so early I need experience with this.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
