spirit
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Whatever your musical taste, “Musical Bodies” pulsates with spirit and soul alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Eurovision said it believed the posts weren't in "the spirit of the competition", and ordered their removal.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
A similar spirit of reconciliation seems to be afoot in Wisconsin.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
The movie was made with a spirit of creativity and fun and now that they are promoting it, there is a challenge in maintaining that same mentality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
He looked up at the husky bear spirit with his kindest closed-lipped expression.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Ancient in origin, it can be mixed with spirits or enjoyed on its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Koizumi left the shrine without responding to reporters' questions, but he later said on Instagram that he visited to "offer his sincere condolences to the heroic spirits who sacrificed their precious lives for the nation."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
It says she met Bonnie, who was "extremely kind" and she helped lift her spirits.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Seeing his place in its current state has dampened his spirits but not his determination to rebuild.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Early publications such as Capron’s and Dewey’s spread a generally positive message about spirits and the afterlife.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
A spirited, wonky discussion of cycling ethics and tactics?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Lifted by a spirited second-quarter showing, Mayo emerged for the second half and continued to rattle Kerry, shutting down space and flooding forward in numbers.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
But the movie is remembered primarily for Bill Murray as the club’s greenkeeper and his battles with a spirited gopher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Mexico’s defense held off a spirited final push by South Korea, earning a 1-0 win to advance to the knockout round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
She’d spirited Sefia away into the woods as soon as she’d shown up, sobbing and bedraggled, at Nin’s door.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Parada, co-founder of the treasure-hunting outfit Finders Keepers, has long suspected the FBI of conducting a secret overnight dig for the gold and spiriting it away.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
It has carried out spectacular missions such as hunting down Arab enemies through Europe, capturing Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and, with agents disguised as scuba diving instructors, spiriting Ethiopian Jews out to Israel.
From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2023
War heroes: A student spiriting supplies to soldiers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
The United States will rely on spiriting away battered aircraft to other nations with U.S. bases so contractors can rehab them for the long fight to come.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2021
Now the taxi turned right, spiriting her off in the opposite direction.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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