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reverie

[rev-uh-ree] / ˈrɛv ə ri /


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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

Feig and screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine cleverly use this teenage-boy-daydream element to reel in male audiences who may be begrudgingly watching with their girlfriends, and Seyfried perfectly plays into the reverie.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

He is likely to find this reverie equally fantastical.

From Slate • May 8, 2025

Startled from their reverie, flurries of native hens - which piyura kitina is named after - scatter over the mossy grass as we arrive.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

My reverie was punctured by a raucous cackling and complaining from a tiny house floating past us.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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