Ophelia
Americannoun
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Ophelia was in fact an ex-hurricane named by the US National Hurricane Center.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
While less well-known than John Everett Millais's painting of Ophelia, the portrait also depicts a woman in a long dress lying drowned in water, surrounded by flowers.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
Essentially an album launch event, the screenings included the premiere of her music video for The Fate Of Ophelia, behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the album, and Swift's commentary on the songs.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025
The first felt too cold and couldn’t hack how to modernize Morfydd Clark’s Ophelia; the second started strong but got soggy with its repetitive weeping and gnashing.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
In 1988 Ophelia came to Boston to live with Paul.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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