houri

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Noun
  • The resulting reconstructions show that the Parthenon’s internal appearance was constructed to provoke maximum awe—and even fear—by presenting a monumental golden goddess emerging from darkness.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • The cloud, named Eos after the Greek goddess of the dawn, measures about 40 moons across and its mass is 3,400 times that of the sun, according to the researchers.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • Even a glance at the headlines these days will give you an eyeful of negativity.
    Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
  • Related Story Attendees at Diesel’s show got an eyeful of bum-cleavage as models passed by in the Italian brand’s ultra-low jeans.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • After stepping back from the spotlight, Gary Sinise is letting fans in on his family's private battle with cancer − and finding beauty after tragedy.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Also in the first quarter, Burry doubled his stake in beauty retailer Estée Lauder to a bet worth $13.2 million.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • David Hockney is a good looker.
    Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
  • New battery technology aside, the keyboard is quite a looker.
    Zackery Cuevas, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • City officials are warning anyone who has been in contact with the fox to seek medical attention.
    Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
  • The arrows in the second photo point to the fox's bushy tail and to where the animal's head is, which is pointed down out of sight in the picture.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Just north of Magic Mountain’s roller coasters, hidden within the vast, anonymous industrial parks of Valencia, lies the secret lab where the murderous doll M3GAN was born.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • In fact, these dolls might be the one thing that’s hotter than a Birkin bag in 2025.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The finish is medium to long, with lingering notes of honey, rye spices, and toasted oak.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Thirty-six subjects were divided into three groups and randomly assigned one tablespoon per day of either local, unfiltered honey, pasteurized honey or corn syrup with honey flavoring.
    Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 10 May 2025
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“Houri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houri. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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