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"Mindy Kaling embraced the spring season by matching her eyeshadow to her lilac gown. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Choose from dozens of colors and prints including gray leopard, heathered lilac , and blue chevron. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"There has never been a finer assemblage of embroidered velvet, beaded silk, effusive organza, and delicate lace, all rendered in fresh springtime shades of yellow, lilac , pink, and green. \u2014 Katie Rife, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The King Richard star looked perfect in her lilac strapless Miu Miu dress, which had just the right amount of sparkle. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Demi Singleton pulled focus in purple thanks to her crystal embroidered lilac satin strapless cocktail dress by Miu Miu. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"In addition to The Queen\u2019s Ball, which costs between $49 and $99 to attend, Netflix has teamed up with Bloomingdale\u2019s for a pop-up shop both online and at the flagship Manhattan store ($995 lilac Malone Souliers floral appliqu\u00e9d pumps, anyone",
"An aromatic set that includes lilac , red cherries, saline and lemon balm lures you in, while flavors of red raspberries, blueberries and honeycomb close the deal. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 Les Payne",
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"\u2014 People Weekly"
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"Hotaki is among the approximately 2,900 people who are at lily pad locations overseas that the United States used to process evacuees prior to their arrival to the US. \u2014 Priscilla Alvarez, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Next to Zack, in the padded area near the lily pad in the older children\u2019s playground, stood Daniel, a 7-year-old but a few inches shorter than his opponent. \u2014 Joshua David Stein, Curbed , 8 July 2021",
"Laboriously paced, the indulgent jolts and bloodless scares, neither deeply rooted nor artfully raised, float as lifelessly as a lily pad on a bog. \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2021",
"In the image, Cotton sits next to an in-progress diorama of birds in a Nile marsh, carefully sculpting a lily pad by hand. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Curtains of Spanish moss hang limply from cypress trees; frogs croak from their lily pad perches, and lazy alligators float through backwater channels. \u2014 Dallas News , 4 May 2020",
"The ships are meant to operate as lily pads , allowing helicopters to launch from more distant, more expensive aircraft carriers and amphibious ships to reach their destination, using the ESB as a refueling point. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Mills had for decades hopped from one gilded lily pad to another in the Knicks organization without experiencing much discernible success on the court. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Add a handful to salads for a refreshing crunch akin to watercress, or use the large lily pad \u2013like foliage for a quick-cooking variation on dolmas. \u2014 Kat Craddock, Saveur , 25 May 2017"
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"the basic monetary unit of Eswatini \u2014 see Money Table":[]
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"Frankly, the heavy cream would only have gilded the lily and then drowned it in cream. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"According to the Smithsonian magazine, the lily used to be located all over the Southeast. \u2014 Haley Laurence | Hlaurence@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
"Examples are amur maple, burning bush, lily -of-the-valley, orange daylily, creeping bellflower and various barberry. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"At every turn, though, Moffat gilds the lily with complications and supporting characters that seem better designed for an additional show. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Bring some zen to your space with a peace lily , which loves partial shade and a little bit of water. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
"The smaller arrangements will feature red freesias, alstroemeria (Peruvian lily ), spray roses, white dendrobium orchids, freesias, eustoma, blue irises, and eryngium. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Exotic aromas of pomegranate, pink pepper spice, and Casablanca lily are enhanced by the warming allure of patchouli and guaiac wood. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The show includes two Mondrian watercolors, a lily from around 1917 and a chrysanthemum made after 1921. \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Especially lucky visitors may even catch a glimpse of Max, a charming black-and-white cat tripping daintily over rocks amid the pond\u2019s lily pads while stalking the resident goldfish. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"The two types of forces could even complement one another in the arctic, with paratroopers jumping to seize key terrain and set up forward-arming and refueling points, creating lily pads for the division\u2019s helicopters to jump to and from. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
"Rafts line up by the dozens, tangled in the lily pads of a filthy marsh, waiting in the shallows in what is essentially a watery parking lot. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Vinyl is not just a lily -white phenomenon, either, as the big sales for Lamar last year and Tyler this year would indicate. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"The revolutionary dwelling was designed 82 years ago by modernist architect Richard Neutra for lily hybridizer Jan de Graaff and his wife, Peggy, heir to the Macy\u2019s department store owner who died on the Titanic. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
"An obstacle ropes course features a cargo net, rope bridge, rolling log, a leap across 30 feet of lily pads and a climb over the Kelp Walk. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 20 May 2022",
"Near the river look for marsh marigolds, which boast bright yellow flowers that look more like buttercups than marigolds, and leaves that resemble lily pads. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
"There was one figure, though, who by the mid-1980s proved that the world of stratospheric wealth wasn\u2019t reserved only for the lily -white: Michael Jackson. \u2014 Casey Michel, Rolling Stone , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"Frankly, the heavy cream would only have gilded the lily and then drowned it in cream. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"According to the Smithsonian magazine, the lily used to be located all over the Southeast. \u2014 Haley Laurence | Hlaurence@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
"Examples are amur maple, burning bush, lily -of-the-valley, orange daylily, creeping bellflower and various barberry. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"At every turn, though, Moffat gilds the lily with complications and supporting characters that seem better designed for an additional show. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Bring some zen to your space with a peace lily , which loves partial shade and a little bit of water. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
"The smaller arrangements will feature red freesias, alstroemeria (Peruvian lily ), spray roses, white dendrobium orchids, freesias, eustoma, blue irises, and eryngium. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Exotic aromas of pomegranate, pink pepper spice, and Casablanca lily are enhanced by the warming allure of patchouli and guaiac wood. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The show includes two Mondrian watercolors, a lily from around 1917 and a chrysanthemum made after 1921. \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Especially lucky visitors may even catch a glimpse of Max, a charming black-and-white cat tripping daintily over rocks amid the pond\u2019s lily pads while stalking the resident goldfish. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"The two types of forces could even complement one another in the arctic, with paratroopers jumping to seize key terrain and set up forward-arming and refueling points, creating lily pads for the division\u2019s helicopters to jump to and from. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
"Rafts line up by the dozens, tangled in the lily pads of a filthy marsh, waiting in the shallows in what is essentially a watery parking lot. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Vinyl is not just a lily -white phenomenon, either, as the big sales for Lamar last year and Tyler this year would indicate. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"The revolutionary dwelling was designed 82 years ago by modernist architect Richard Neutra for lily hybridizer Jan de Graaff and his wife, Peggy, heir to the Macy\u2019s department store owner who died on the Titanic. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
"An obstacle ropes course features a cargo net, rope bridge, rolling log, a leap across 30 feet of lily pads and a climb over the Kelp Walk. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 20 May 2022",
"Near the river look for marsh marigolds, which boast bright yellow flowers that look more like buttercups than marigolds, and leaves that resemble lily pads. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
"There was one figure, though, who by the mid-1980s proved that the world of stratospheric wealth wasn\u2019t reserved only for the lily -white: Michael Jackson. \u2014 Casey Michel, Rolling Stone , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"Sheroky also devised the underlying acoustic guitar part, a lilting , rhythmic thread with a faint Jack Johnson vibe that includes an almost-jazzy ninth chord, a rarity in country. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
"Should the first name be a short, to-the-point name, or should the moniker be long and lilting ? \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"Imagining the lilting sound of Yiddish echoing through the Argentine plains and countryside can seem like a dream. \u2014 Diane Cole, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Their dialogues get a lilting , inflected life in the actors\u2019 performances\u2014in Seydoux\u2019s flinty calm and in Podalyd\u00e8s\u2019s wry drive and plaintive wit. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The lilting Latin songs keep her in touch with Puerto Rico, the home of her birth. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Piedmont makes haunting red wines from the Nebbiolo grape, a variety that somehow can produce both thick tannins and a lilting sense of weightlessness at the same time. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The melody starts with a lighthearted effervescence and shifts into a more brooding passage before bouncing back to a lilting sense of resigned surrender. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Nov. 2021",
"The violin started the Andante con moto with a children\u2019s-march-like melody that reappeared in four variations for various soloists before the movement ended with a lilting 6/8 Allegretto coda. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Nov. 2021"
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"An exile from Fidel Castro\u2019s Cuba, Azaceta has long translated human events into pictures whose themes are universal but whose style has a Caribbean lilt . \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"His words caught fire, roared, ready to move people in unison with the memorable lilt of meter and alliteration. \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"His ball cap is pulled down low, his encouragements uttered softly with a Southern lilt . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"With a distinct island lilt , pelau melds the rice preparations adored in the East with indigenous ingredients and African cookery processes that took root in the Caribbean during the transatlantic slave trade. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Hilda\u2019s creation is as spectacular as any Nudie suit, perhaps even more beautiful for its handmade flourishes\u2014the lilt of Hilda\u2019s stitching, the black piping. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Birmingham accent is replaced with Murphy's natural Irish lilt . \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
"That gives it a modern lilt and a fun reason to keep coming back to it as a daily driver. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 4 Feb. 2022",
"His voice has a jazzy lilt and the swagger of that era. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 16 Jan. 2022",
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"Elegant and complex with a unique Cabernet Franc lilt that provide the mysterious Angel in the Bottle of Croix de Labrie. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"And so many of his ideas are inspired, like adding the forlorn country lilt of an accordionist (Veli Kujala) to the scene in which Hamlet corrals a traveling troupe of actors to put on an evocation of his father\u2019s murder. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"With her band members backing her up, Ballerini shows her voice to be well-suited for the song, never exactly imitating the rock icon\u2019s inflections but instead adding a bit of her own East Tennessee lilt to the mix. \u2014 Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone , 2 July 2021",
"The strings lilt and wail until Zauner begins shredding, like the notes can\u2019t come out of her fast enough. \u2014 Justin Curto, Vulture , 4 June 2021",
"Jones speaks in a deep baritone, her Robeson County lilt adding bounce and verve to the words. \u2014 Isabel Spiegel, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Friedman has matched that sensibility here with songs that slide from lilting , gaslight-era melodiousness into a jagged, more contemporary anxiety. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
"The witty script glitters with the couple\u2019s duelling voice-over accounts of the way things happened; the effervescent score, by Andr\u00e9 Previn, seems to set their voices to lilting music as if in a virtual operetta. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Kitty\u2019s voice is also much deeper and more powerful compared to Watson\u2019s lilting , airy singing heard on the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack. \u2014 Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com , 5 Mar. 2020"
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