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as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
painted a pastoral scene of a flower-filled meadow
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as in ministerial
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
pastoral advice to a young couple preparing to marry
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as in pastorale
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Recent Examples of pastoral
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
One of the truly humbling aspects of pastoral ministry is the invitation to bear witness to the lives of congregants during their most vulnerable moments.
—Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2023
Segarra’s voice has soft edges but a hard center, befitting songs in which outrage and pain simmer beneath the pastoral.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2024
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Today, its 12 suites are ideal for travelers looking for a taste of modern luxury in heart of a pastoral small town.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
One of the truly humbling aspects of pastoral ministry is the invitation to bear witness to the lives of congregants during their most vulnerable moments.
—Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
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This blend of the pastoral and the religious made the Senegal River feel like an archaic vision of paradise, a strip of vivid life in an otherwise unforgiving environment.
—J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2023
Segarra’s voice has soft edges but a hard center, befitting songs in which outrage and pain simmer beneath the pastoral.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2024
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While urban and rural development and climate change disturbances contribute to the problem, the expansion of large-scale agriculture poses the biggest threat to wetlands, according to the study.Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
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Pacific Gas & Electric was also considering outages for about 600 of its customers in rural Kern County, according to PG&E spokesperson Jeff Smith.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Its brand is now recognizable across the country from bicycle stands in cities to ministerial meetings.Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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On the same day, the Gulf Cooperation Council hosted a rare informal joint GCC-Iranian ministerial meeting, the first in more than 17 years, during which members affirmed the Gulf states’ unwillingness to allow their territory and airspace to be used to launch attacks against Iran.Maria Fantappie, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2024
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Dickie was - obviously in the book, this sort of idyll, right?Jeff Conway, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Then, one day, a dark cloud appeared, as if summoned by a witch jealous of their domestic idyll.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Streams of information flow into and over each other in an elegy about who was who, and when, and why.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino and Valeria Golino round out the cast of this visually and emotionally rich biopic styled as an operatic elegy.Travis Bean, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Inside the nave, choirs sang psalms, and the cathedral’s mighty organ thundered back to life in a triumphant interplay of melodies.Thomas Adamson and John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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The great organ's 8,000 pipes, which were covered in toxic dust after the fire and have been disassembled, cleaned and retuned, will also play a psalm as the doors re-open.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
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After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.Walter Simmons, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
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The 54th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will open with the world premiere of dark comedy Fabula from Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn and close with historical epic This City Is a Battlefield from Indonesian director Mouly Surya.Sara Merican, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
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Interstellar—Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway—is being celebrated with a 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray box set release.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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That latter category includes my No. 1 title, an ode to the glories of cinema that ends, in an utterly magical sequence, with all its major characters entering a movie theatre.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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The film is an ode to Cincinnati and the Janson brothers Despite their lack of acting experience, the Jansons' on-screen performance was anything but amateur.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Pastoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastoral. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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