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Noun
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The utopia was temporary, its beauty and its small victories whittled away by the scythe of inaction.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Moursi traces the notion of islands as utopias to Plato’s description of Atlantis, written around 360 BCE.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Apr. 2026
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In an intoxicated fever dream, Don Quixote ascends to a mythical cloudland full of dancing dryads.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2022
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This truly is my living nightmare.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Alice is a rural teacher living on a farm with her adoptive parents, but the unexpected return of her siblings transforms the house into a true nightmare.—
Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Loperfido aggravated his quad running to first base on a ground out in Friday’s game against the Cardinals and underwent imaging Saturday.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Apr. 2026
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This would open the door to new applications, from advanced imaging and materials science to medical research and industrial testing.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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