summery
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Next came a Hokkaido scallop paired with grilled corn, saffron, and pork belly, a dish that felt unmistakably summery: rich, sweet, and sunlit.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026
With its expansive, two-tiered, mural-like background in warm, fresco-like hues by Shepard Fairey, and its summery, cream-colored costume designs by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung, “Heatscape” is a keenly calculated romp.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Huntsinger likens the film to a cinematic negroni: “It’s substantial but also fun, with an almost summery feel. It’s about where you’re headed after a certain stage in life, told without heavy-handedness.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
And it looks a much more fragile group of people than it did in the summery celebrations of last year's Coronation.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024
In the center of that stone there was a hollow, and into that natural small bowl Omakayas put the leaves that smelled summery and sharp, fresh and potent.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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