as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
the starry-eyed notion that international sports competitions actually help foster global harmony
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Both the broad comedy of romantic rivalry and the gallows humor of immigration-system bureaucracy are tempered by moments of community and transcendence.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
3 Feb. 2025 -
In fact, people called the inquiry hotline to accuse 24 staff and faculty of either abusing or having romantic relationships with students, according to an unpublished commission document the News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer obtained.—
Sara Coello,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
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While some of these pollutants can be scrubbed out, removal of the carbon dioxide is impractical and this threatens Maryland’s and, indeed, the world’s climate.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2025
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And some ranchers have found the deterrence tools and volunteer assistance impractical or unhelpful.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
31 Jan. 2025
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The series takes the indelible line about the great responsibility that comes with great power and uses it to compare Spider-Man’s idealistic Boy Scout altruism to the goals of other characters who are good guys in their own minds, if not within the moral rubric of the show.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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To accomplish these goals, Peter had to bend his principles, including lying to Noor, an idealistic young staffer at the Iranian UN mission, about the fate of her brother and allying with a shady businessman, Jacob Monroe.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Normally, Davos is a hotbed of planners and self-congratulatory humanitarians who dream up utopian schemes that then can be imposed from the top down by governments.—
John Fund,
National Review,
4 Feb. 2025
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To me, the moment recalls the utopian vision once shared by California’s internet pioneers and Chinese tech innovators and users: a digital agora and global village.—
Jianqing Chen,
The Conversation,
19 Jan. 2025
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In the new release, Temple plays idealist scientist Dr. Teddy Paine opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor’s General Rex Strickland — the overseer of a secret research facility dedicated to symbiotes.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
25 Oct. 2024
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The movie stars Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina, an idealist architect with the power to control time, who is determined to rebuild a city that seems like New York after an accident plunges it into ruins.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
8 Sep. 2024
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