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beau ideals

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someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation she is the beau ideal of the dedicated medical professional

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the most perfect type or example Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous architectural creation, Falling Water, is widely regarded as the beau ideal of a building in harmony with its setting

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Their analysis also considered 20 representative EV models from 15 manufacturers.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Amazon’s two cheaper models also come in child-friendly versions tailored to whether your child is between three and five, or six and 12.

— James Peckham, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026

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The ongoing spat with the US has resonated with swing voters who lean right and embrace nationalist ideals.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Journalist Reitman connects lives of nine Americans over three decades, vividly showing how ideals can give way to fear.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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Rita then prayed to her patron saints — John the Baptist, Augustine of Hippo, and Nicholas of Tolentino — while setting out to establish peace between the families involved in her husband's murder.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
The long history of psychedelics and religion is filled with scientists, anthropologists, mystics, shamans, outlaws, and prophets, but these two men are, more than any others, the patron saints of our current psychedelic revival.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

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Nightly specials include fresh takes on Maine classics, like a Cajun lobster roll on a brioche (fantastic), but there’s also an extensive menu of starters, salads, sandwiches and burgers, and mains that will keep every member of your party happy.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Portnoy, known for his One Bite Pizza Reviews, has rated New Haven’s classics as some of the best in the country.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

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On a single day late last month, a citizen and a noncitizen—one in Illinois, the other in Texas—became the most recent examples of this new reality.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
In court documents, Fox's legal team noted that Thomson does not have concrete examples of specific claims being made about him.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

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Rachel Ojuromi had been in Paris for a week when one of her oldest manifestations started to become real life.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Compared with the political circus in Washington and the malaise in the rest of America, such surface-level manifestations of China’s wealth and power often lead to sweeping conclusions about relative national trajectories.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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