woolgatherer

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Noun
  • The reports of his contemporaries conjure a wild cross between Don Quixote and Don Draper.
    Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • Sort of like if Don Quixote was 1/10th its length and about YouTube videos instead of chivalric romances.
    Teddy Wayne June 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • An optimist might say that perhaps people will become more sophisticated in their understanding of psychology.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • For one thing, Stevens has presented himself as an optimist during his entire Boston experience, beginning in 2013 when then-president of basketball operations Danny Ainge recruited him from Butler to coach the Celtics.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 9 July 2025
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