poetically
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Poetically and almost prophetically, the post said, “Malibu is on fire and the animals have been driven down from the hills to the shore.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
Poetically, the Portland internal review was published at DHS on that same very day.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2021
Poetically minded viewers may recall William Blake’s “dark Satanic mills” when contemplating the largest painting in the Trevor Young show at Addison/Ripley Fine Art.
From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2020
Poetically, he called a penalty on himself after a round at The Greenbrier in July.
From The Guardian • Dec. 25, 2018
Poetically used for a homestead in the Kalevala.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
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