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also idyl
as in lark
a time or instance of carefree fun
her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that she had expected it to be
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Recent Examples of idyll
Advertisement While the setting of Brokeback Mountain, where the pair first works together herding sheep, provides secluded idyll along the (theoretically) utopian lines of Fire Island, Jack and Ennis are largely divorced from gay culture.
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Rich Juzwiak, Time, 24 June 2025
This idyll was interrupted by, of all things, success.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Out back, the garden is the kind of English idyll dreams are made of.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
In subsequent books, the outside world impinges on Roz’s idyll.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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Rich Juzwiak, Time, 24 June 2025
This idyll was interrupted by, of all things, success.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Out back, the garden is the kind of English idyll dreams are made of.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
In subsequent books, the outside world impinges on Roz’s idyll.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idyll
Noun
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In Europe, this member of the family Alaudidae is called a shore lark, because it is found in wintertime along the seashores.—
Matt Kracht,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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That colossal production, which involved the construction of villages in which to film and the onscreen involvement of the host country’s armed forces, began as a lark and turned into an albatross.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
Noun
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In the best movies streaming this August, that can mean death, summer flings, and partying until the sun comes up.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
2 Aug. 2025
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But when the pair begin to realize their casual love affair is far more meaningful than a fling, complications and hard, hidden truths bubble to the surface that affect both of their futures.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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On Saturday, most of the siblings attended the puppy ice cream party, along with their mom, enjoying a rousing romp together in the backyard where many had been fostered.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
3 Aug. 2025
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His reluctant hero, NYPD cop John McClane, thrilled and charmed audiences, turning John McTiernan's claustrophobic action romp into one of the year's highest-grossing films.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Leaving a population of catchable bass in small lakes and ponds is the key to many hours of future enjoyment.—
Anthony A. Ciuffa,
Outdoor Life,
7 Aug. 2025
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Mileage on these titles very much varies, as does critical response and audience enjoyment.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
5 Aug. 2025
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Skeptics wonder if the true intention is to undermine efforts to move away from Confederate associations, an issue that has long split people who favor preserving an aspect of southern heritage and those who want slavery-supporting revels stripped of valor.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
28 July 2025
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Whilst the revels did flourish, Freeman labored upon his own grand design — the fair Castle Gwynn, a stone bastion of olden style, rising proudly across from the fields of festivity in Arrington.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 May 2025
Noun
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His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.—
Scott Hocker,
theweek,
26 Nov. 2024
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In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.—
Celia Wren,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2023
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Nevertheless, Henley would end up entangled in the spree of crimes that Corll was secretly committing.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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They’ve been lured into a buying spree after cut-to-the-bone positioning in the spring cleared the path to return in recent months as the S&P 500 rallied almost 30% from its April low.—
Jessica Menton,
Fortune,
10 Aug. 2025
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In Barbet Schroeder’s debut film More, German student Stefan (Klaus Grünberg) and his new lover Estelle (Mimsy Farmer) travel to Ibiza to live outside of society and frolic naked on the craggy bluffs for a summer.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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Despite the high stakes and casual violence of the film, Pitt's character remains giddy as he frolics, dances, and snaps.—
Derek Scancarelli,
EW.com,
27 June 2025
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“Idyll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idyll. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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