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“The real spirit of this whole trend, I believe, is the person’s uniqueness,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Brown, 35, had denied murder with a special defence that he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time and believed he had been possessed by the spirit of 19th Century occultist Aleister Crowley.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Beyond the neighborhood’s charm and storied history, it has the creative spirit and strong sense of community that matters so much to us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

But Anderson and Dr. King changed all that, and it is good to know that their spirit has long endured, both above ground and below.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The girl’s spirit shimmered above her, connected to her body by a dozen delicate white tethers, like the whiskery roots of a mushroom.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Many Canadian countertariffs have since been rolled back, although several provinces have maintained their retaliatory bans on U.S. wine and spirits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Many provinces, which have authority over the sales of alcohol, removed US wine and spirits from their shelves.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

The US distillers association reported similar numbers - saying provincial bans have caused exports of American spirits to drop by more than 70%.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

It’s a potent cocktail made of Coca-Cola and clear spirits that tavern co-owner Owen Walsh drummed up in honor of the unexpected guest that made landfall a few days ago: a charred spacecraft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

This was the haunt of spirits, not of men.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

If you, too, have abandoned bars of soap in your bathroom, Dan’s spirited and incredibly thorough reporting might just make you think twice the next time you stock up.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

The nerd didn’t quite get revenge, but actor Robert Carradine and Hans Stuck ran a spirited, back-and-forth race Sunday in the Bridgestone Potenza Supercar Race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

K-pop group BTS is known for its spirited fan base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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

His spirited horse pranced nervously and tossed its head from side to side.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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

Instead, after a spiriting comeback attempt came short on Saturday, the Suns are heading back to Milwaukee and the Bucks have a chance to prevent this series from lasting seven.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2021

Now the taxi turned right, spiriting her off in the opposite direction.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly