reverie
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This time, the soloist was the stellar emerging pianist Yunchan Lim, who keeps to himself, either lost in dreamy reverie or, like a jumpy teenager, in ferocious attack mode.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Breuer has made this his rallying cry as he drives change in the armed forces and tries to jolt Germans from their post-Cold War, end-of-history reverie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
He is likely to find this reverie equally fantastical.
From Slate • May 8, 2025
Who were we, to interrupt this man’s reverie?
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2024
I was abruptly awakened from my reverie by a snarling black guard: “What do you want here, boy, are you lost?” he said in Zulu.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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