houri

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Noun
  • The pop goddess, 78, stopped by GLWD headquarters in SoHo early on Wednesday ahead of the organization’s annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The diverse mix of women—from pop stars to plastic surgeons—proved Puglisi’s talent for bringing out the goddess in anyone.
    Ian Malone, Vogue, 3 Mar. 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
  • The filmmakers ensure that viewers similar in age to the kids on screen get an eyeful of what those robotics gatherings are like for their contestants, who arrive from all over the globe.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Overall, Printemps New York is a multifaceted, visual eyeful, where the architecture and decor might overwhelm the merchandise for some.
    David Moin, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • We can all be seduced by the prospect of eternal life and beauty.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Someone who more strongly valued family and beauty might have prioritized keeping the dress because of the aesthetics and its link to a family event.
    Mary E. Dozier, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The bathroom is also a looker with mosaic, colorful floors.
    TJ Macias, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Nature is captured with the brush and consumed, endlessly, at the looker’s leisure.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Gray foxes are said to reside here along with reptiles like the smooth green snake and eastern milk snake, as well as numerous birds, including the Virginian rail, Henslow’s sparrow, bobolink and eastern meadowlark.
    Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Follow these tips from Pierce and Owen to keep foxes at a safe distance: Be aware that foxes are part of the landscape.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Working from his home studio in Auckland, Lewis relied on advanced 3D printing to create five different versions of the scene-stealing doll.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Curated by fashion historian Karan Feder and drawn from the private collection of David Porcello and Mattel, the exhibit features more than 250 vintage dolls, life-size fashion designs, advertisements and other archival material, video interviews with the doll’s designers and more.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Cane syrup, molasses, sorghum syrup, and local honey are all acceptable ways to add some sugar to a Southern plate, and most readers called out brands that are made right here in the South, like Golden Eagle Syrup from Alabama, Blackburn Syrup from Texas, and Steen’s Syrup from Louisiana.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The Detroit-style spicy pepperoni, with its goat cheese and hot honey, is dream-like.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Houri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houri. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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