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The tour guide was a wellspring of information.
the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest
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Ethiopia has always been a source of artistic energy, a wellspring of inspiration that could not be dulled by time or distance.
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Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
Yet Slouching Towards Utopia is not a book about these wellsprings of productivity growth.
—Liaquat Ahamed, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
Sharon, meanwhile, is a wellspring of earnest questions and Midwestern values, gawking at everything from marijuana to rock music to homosexuality.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
Whether Rowlands was a divorcée licking her wounds (1984’s Love Streams), or a woman getting involved with a married man (1968’s Faces, 1971’s Minnie and Moskowitz), the terrain of love was the rich wellspring for so many of her creative collaborations with Cassavetes.
—Christina Newland, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
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Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
Yet Slouching Towards Utopia is not a book about these wellsprings of productivity growth.
—Liaquat Ahamed, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
Sharon, meanwhile, is a wellspring of earnest questions and Midwestern values, gawking at everything from marijuana to rock music to homosexuality.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
Whether Rowlands was a divorcée licking her wounds (1984’s Love Streams), or a woman getting involved with a married man (1968’s Faces, 1971’s Minnie and Moskowitz), the terrain of love was the rich wellspring for so many of her creative collaborations with Cassavetes.
—Christina Newland, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
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wellspring
noun
well·spring
ˈwel-ˌspriŋ 
1
: a source of continual supply
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