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By extension, a “nymph” is a beautiful or seductive woman.
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Intermittently “Ballade” includes a lustrous sisterhood of what seem to be junior nymphs attending their sibling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
It possesses a magic that places them alongside folk nymphs like Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, and Sandy Denny.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
Together with Winchell and Fallon Meng, a PhD student in Winchell's lab studying spotted lanternflies, Owen noticed that lanternflies -- both nymphs and adults -- were showing up earlier each year and remaining active later.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
Eventually, the cicada nymphs will hatch, fall into the ground, burrow down, and start their 13- and 17-year cycles all over again.
From Salon • May 16, 2024
The old satyr clapped his hands, and a bunch of nymphs melted out of the trees with platters of vegetables, fruits, tin cans, and other goat delicacies.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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