quaint
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Based on Leonie Swann’s 2005 novel “Three Bags Full,” the story takes places in a quaint British town, where George loves his flock so ardently that he reads them murder-mystery stories every evening.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Placed against other modern threats posed by media consolidation, the notion of whether dyeing iconic black-and-white movies heralded the beginning of cinema’s end seems quaint.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
Years after resettling in west Altadena with Caitlin and having two children — Edie, 9, and John, 5 — tragedy struck the quaint family home: the Eaton fire.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Instead, in a sign of the times that seems impossibly quaint in the harsh light of 2026, she issued a somber mea culpa.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
It looked almost too quaint from here, like a model in a black-and-white Hollywood film.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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