talismanic
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Seen one way, Roy’s talismanic manicure is an object lesson for her fiercest critics: all flash and no substance, evidence the 34-year-old lacks the “gravitas” to be among the state’s most powerful elected lawyers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The talismanic striker converted in Budapest and expertly dispatched another for the opener in Prague despite a lengthy wait for the home side's protestations to subside.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
The talismanic vocabulary of falconry is threaded through this raw-nerved memoir by an experienced British falconer who dealt with the pain of losing a father by training a young goshawk called Mabel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
However Canada were given a major blow pre-match with the absence of talismanic captain Sidney Crosby.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
At that moment every passenger, all of whom were white, performed a talismanic gesture.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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