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New York’s cultural notables were being blessed or knighted, infused with the divine mana of creativity.
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010
Surfers talk of feeling the mana, a Polynesian word for spiritual energy, here.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2023
Te Aika told me that, after centuries of European colonialism, his community has been reasserting its mana, or traditional authority, over native species.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
Akana also sees the portrait itself as an embodiment of Queen Liliʻuokalani’s mana, or spirit.
—Kate C. Lemay, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010
Surfers talk of feeling the mana, a Polynesian word for spiritual energy, here.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2023
Te Aika told me that, after centuries of European colonialism, his community has been reasserting its mana, or traditional authority, over native species.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
Akana also sees the portrait itself as an embodiment of Queen Liliʻuokalani’s mana, or spirit.
—Kate C. Lemay, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
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“Mana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mana. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.
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