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Recent Examples of Don Quixote The Captive Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar explores Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes’ life changing experiences when he was captured by Turkish pirates in 1575 and held for ransom. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025 But Don Quixote, which is often called the first modern novel, could not decisively break from the chivalric tradition without affirming its very real power to ensorcel the reader. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024 In Don Quixote, Shakespeare’s contemporary Miguel de Cervantes also alludes to rosemary’s medicinal properties. Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024 And once again, our two heroes — recast as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza tilting at wind turbines — struggle to reconcile the myths that men write for themselves with the realities that life is actually willing to offer them. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for Don Quixote
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Noun
  • For dreamers who still cling to hope in the City of Angels, there needs to be.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Wembley notebook: Man City show nous to set up FA Cup final with Palace dreamers Manchester City were in the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the seventh season running yesterday.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • It's joined by The Life List, a new romantic anchored by Descendants star Sofia Carson, and The Outrun, the Saoirse Ronan festival favorite that's making its streaming premiere on the platform.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • While Lucie is warm, vivacious, and a ray of light that shines off the page, Aiden is a grumpy, reluctant romantic who hides behind sarcastic quips.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025

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