starry
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Kevin Cassidy, a 28-year-old former private-equity associate at New Mountain Capital, wasn’t convinced that PE guys were in the midst of a starry glow-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
These starry revues work best when the emphasis is placed on interpretation rather than raw execution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
They had a starry roster, recent wins over international giants like England and Brazil, and they had just been crowned African Cup of Nations champions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
It was a starry, starry night at Thursday’s sold-out Hollywood Bowl Netflix is a Joke Presents: Night of Too Many Stars epic comic bonanza fundraiser benefitting autism programs nationwide, including Autism Speaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
But Violet’s room is the exact opposite of the rest of her house—a beautiful mess of strewn clothes and starry lights and a tangle of chargers under her desk.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
The unwritten rules: the bigger, the louder, the splashier, the starrier, the better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Mel Brooks, Angela Bassett and film editor Carol Littleton will collect honorary Oscar statuettes at a private, untelevised dinner Tuesday night in Los Angeles that has often been even starrier than the Oscars themselves.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
How did Cienfuegos accomplish what some starrier productions have failed to do?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
You’d also be hard pressed to find a starrier ensemble.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2018
And the song softened, even as heaven by night Softens, from sunnier down to starrier light, And with its moonbright breath Blessed life for death's sake, and for life's sake death.
From Songs of the Springtides and Birthday Ode Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Stripped of their starriest player and many trusted associates, they’ve morphed into a tighter outfit that plays unselfish team basketball and relies on every player to shoot, rebound and defend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
Brazilian director Karim Ainouz's surreal satire "Rosebush Pruning" premiered on Saturday at the Berlin Film Festival with one of the programme's starriest casts portraying an outrageously spoiled and dysfunctional family descending into chaos.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
It was one of the starriest categories of the night, with Gatiss holding off competition from David Tennant, Andrew Scott, James Norton and Joseph Fiennes.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024
The starriest of the World Cup star teams, Brazil, finally had debuted at this 22nd men’s World Cup, the 22nd for which Brazil has qualified.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2022
May no tears fall, if no tears ever fell, From eyes more dear to me than starriest spheres These many years!
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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