Dali

American

[dah-lee] / ˈdɑ li /

noun

Salvador 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.

Dali British

/ ˈdɑːlɪ, daˈliː /

noun

Salvador (ˈsælvədɔː). 1904–89, Spanish surrealist painter

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Earlier this year, he escaped to Dali, a magnet for drifters in China’s Yunnan province known for its scenic mountains and slow pace of life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

She will be replaced by Dali Rajic, the president of the cloud security company Wiz.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

When I think of it, I think of Salvador Dali and then how you arrive at Billy Connolly from that, I don't know.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Dali made that famous masterpiece, “The Persistence of Memory,” in 1931, a breath-holding moment between wars when daily life looked normal enough but vibrated with the dread that no, things were definitely not OK.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

This is so surreal, I keep looking around for Salvador Dali to make an appearance.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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