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wholesome

[hohl-suhm] / ˈhoʊl səm /


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Her Instagram page once featured wholesome photos of architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

"It was just a lovely wholesome time of Cambridge sightseeing and pubs, and now it is tarnished by these bedbug bites," she said.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

“He just really gets into the score’s DNA and really has a great insight into how to arrange thematic pieces that I think help make the movies more wholesome, just being a whole thing.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Others will make the mistake because they’re eager for a wholesome reminder that not everything here is that bad.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

Maybe I’ll go wholesome and buy a friendship necklace.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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