houri

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Noun
  • The sport has roots in Ancient Greece with the legend of Leander swimming across the Hellespont to his lover the goddess Hero.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 30 July 2025
  • Take cue from Bella Hadid, whose Western goddess style shines here.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • Get an eyeful of Davidson on The Tonight Show in the interview above.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 July 2025
  • Alternatively, get an eyeful of the Leake Street Arches—aka the London Graffiti tunnel—beneath Waterloo Station, and pop out on Lower Marsh, with its centuries-old street market and proper Lambeth vibe.
    Emma John, AFAR Media, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • With Hasan in Gaza is an aching witness to the beauty of this land and the struggle of its people, neither of which may soon be recognizable at all.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The beauty there is that since peer support is a carve-out, perhaps their AI is no longer within scope.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Music aside, Stone Groove Stillhouse is quite the looker.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
  • David Hockney is a good looker.
    Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The film follows a rabbit named Judy Hopps and a fox named Nick Wilde—natural enemies who live in a city (the titular Zootopia) where predators and prey live together in peace and equality.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 30 July 2025
  • That’s like asking a fox to investigate why the henhouse is empty.
    Houman Hemmati, Oc Register, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Pop Mart pulled the dolls from all U.K. stores following reports of customers fighting over them earlier this year.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • That's pretty vague, but a season 2 teaser highlights several of the aforementioned foes and woes, from a host of haunted dolls and a swarm of bees to a flaming, winged creature and the gnarly sight of Tyler (Hunter Doohan) in his Hyde form.
    EW.com, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The bourbon features aromas of vanilla, honey, and toasted nuts.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Markle’s As Ever brand has also launched products such as wine, honey, and tea.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Houri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houri. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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