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wellspring

[wel-spring] / ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ /


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Angela’s vivid mood swings are a wellspring of entertainment; Tommy associates her phone number with an orchestral ringtone that sounds like a horror movie jump scare.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

The 18th-century cult of reason met its match in the 19th century’s devotion to feeling—including suffering—as the wellspring of life and truth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Pioneers of the sport, firmly planted in the wellspring of 19th-century Scotland, are given their due.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2025

Eric Musselman knew well before he took the reins at USC that recruiting the Southland and its wellspring of hoops talent would be essential to his success with the Trojans.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

Hamilton was, after George Washington, the most powerful figure in the Federalist party and, his advocates would have added, the intellectual wellspring for all the political energy that Washington merely symbolized.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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