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reverie

[rev-uh-ree] / ˈrɛv ə ri /


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Jones turned from her reverie and looked at Behar as if the latter were a bag of dog poop burning on her doorstep.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

This moves the contact into the seldom used “X file,” where I can, in my moments of reverie, review and remind myself of those once treasured relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

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

Rafik interrupted her reverie by screaming, “It's leaving! One of the hens has flown away!”

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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