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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Dali

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 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

In the court filing, prosecutors say the Dali struck the bridge because the vessel lost power two times in a four-minute span.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

An Indian national, Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, who worked for both companies as technical superintendent for the ship, the M/V Dali, is also named in the indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

Salvador Dali had already produced several outstanding art-works of paint and rebellion by the time he was nineteen.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

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