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Shangri-la

[shang-gruh-lah, shang-gruh-lah] / ˈʃæŋ grəˌlɑ, ˌʃæŋ grəˈlɑ /


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Days before arriving in Singapore for the Shangri-la Dialogue, Australia's defence minister Richard Marles addressed this criticism saying they had to go ahead with the Aukus submarine project as there was no "plan B".

From BBC May 30, 2026

This house is Harlan’s Shangri-la, a place where a man who made his own rules lived.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2024

"Ratched" was a bomb, but the psychiatric hospital where Sarah Paulson's wicked nurse worked was an interior designer's Shangri-la.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2023

Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at Singapore's Shangri-la Dialogue security conference in June, where a handshake marked their closest interaction.

From Reuters Sep. 16, 2023

The house was set on a half-acre landscaped like Shangri-la.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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