Xanadu

Example Sentences

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Trump bought the historic 126-room Palm Beach mansion and estate of General Foods heiress and executive Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1985 after putting about $2,800 down in cash, borrowing the rest of the bargain $7 million purchase price for what was then considered a distressed property, said novelist and historian Les Standiford, author of “Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago and the Rise of America’s Xanadu.”

From Seattle Times

She remembers cooking meals for the family and how her son would dance across the kitchen floor, pretending he was in the roller-skating scene from the movie “Xanadu.”

From Washington Post

Ketaib Hezbollah’s spokesman, Jafar al-Hussaini, met AP at an outdoor restaurant in Baghdad’s Dijlas Village, an opulent, 5-month-old complex of gardens, spas and a dancing fountain overlooking a bend in the Tigris, an idyllic Xanadu that looks like a transplant from uber-wealthy Dubai.

From Seattle Times

"I happened to pay 99 cents for a double feature of 'Can't Stop the Music' and Olivia Newton John in 'Xanadu' and was refused my money back afterward."

From Salon

What hasn’t changed is that Whistler is a haven for extreme couloir skiing in steep, narrow chutes just a short hike from the chairlift — and every other type of skiing, from beginner-friendly groomers for long cruises to perfectly spaced trees on gladed runs — even if what has changed is Whistler’s increasing draw as a wintertime Xanadu where, for some, the wallet gets more of a workout than the quads.

From Seattle Times