dream come true, a
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“A record deal! Come live at my place! For many, it seems like a dream come true, a ticket to the top.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2024
I imagine that for the state’s 5 million Republicans, Elder must seem like a dream come true: a Black man — without Kanye West’s baggage — who is an unabashed conservative.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2021
As for Ruperta, watching Kaila succeed in college has been like watching a dream come true a second time.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2020
It was a D.C. lawyer’s dream come true, a Hollywood premiere for a movie based on the novel he wrote in his spare time.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2015
For many if not most Jews, the birth of Israel was a dream come true, a promise fulfilled.
From Time Magazine Archive
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