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Recent Examples of Pollyanna
Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
Pope and Sarah go into catacombs beneath an old church in search of the treasure, but are forced to hide among the rats when Lightner (Rigo Sanchez) and his boss Dalia (Pollyanna McIntosh) show up and grab a mysterious scroll that is most likely a map.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
Informed hope is not a Pollyanna attitude, but balancing the realities of the situation with the positive things people are doing.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
Opinion: As more workers exit downtown, Louisville Mayor Greenberg needs to deal with realty and chuck his Pollyanna perspective, our Joe Gerth says in his latest column.
—Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2024
My natural state has always been one of optimism, almost to the point of being a Pollyanna.
—Ellyn Laub, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2021
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The politics of Pollyanna, brought to you by the things-have-never-been-better crowd.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
Pope and Sarah go into catacombs beneath an old church in search of the treasure, but are forced to hide among the rats when Lightner (Rigo Sanchez) and his boss Dalia (Pollyanna McIntosh) show up and grab a mysterious scroll that is most likely a map.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
Informed hope is not a Pollyanna attitude, but balancing the realities of the situation with the positive things people are doing.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
Opinion: As more workers exit downtown, Louisville Mayor Greenberg needs to deal with realty and chuck his Pollyanna perspective, our Joe Gerth says in his latest column.
—Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2024
My natural state has always been one of optimism, almost to the point of being a Pollyanna.
—Ellyn Laub, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Pollyanna
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The outlook for 2025 appears cautiously optimistic.Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
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But as cannabis research continues to gain traction, the road ahead looks increasingly optimistic.Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
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The optimist finds hope in the most despairing situation.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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But there was at least one optimist, or maybe someone who's just come to terms with the truth that's as cold as England can be this time of year.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Danielle Dorsey has more hopeful news: a roundup of new and recommended restaurants from the Food team this month.Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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But its maker insists the movie’s politically pointed portrait of our species’ self-destruction is, ultimately, hopeful.Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
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He’s got the twinkly eye and the sly, gregarious spiritual ease of a Micawber or a Cheeryble.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
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The smallest of the Micawber brood glides away in his baby carriage, because the bailiff is dragging the hallway carpet out from under the front door.Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
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The diary belonged to Lam Ping-yu, an ambitious and patriotic idealist who was born to a well-off Chinese family in Indonesia in 1911 and eagerly joined his home country’s navy.Peter Guo, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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For instance, his call for all Bitcoin mining to be located in the U.S. rubbed certain crypto idealists the wrong way, as decentralization and immunity to governmental pressures is a key part of the ethos of crypto mining.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 17 July 2024
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The pitch was simple—for us, by us—and over time the gathering has ballooned into a magnet for all sorts of dreamers, many of whom also realize that there is power in the collective.Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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On this road, loneliness becomes the defining characteristic, separating dreamers from those who merely exist.Colby B. Jubenville, PhD, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Espoir Tone-Pairing Liquid Blush $22 Amazon This Tone-Pairing Liquid Blush blends like a dream, leaving your cheeks with a rosy flush.Sarah Han, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Lizzo also shared a close-up photo and video of herself in the carousel post showing off her make-up look, which consisted of a brown smokey eye, rosy pink blush and a nude lip.Escher Walcott, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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This attempt to coax a conventional romantic through line out of the madness doesn’t really work, partly because Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan have otherwise done a fine job of making clear how unconventional this whole situation was.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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However, the hopeless romantic in me is not one to say no to a wedding!Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Pollyanna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Pollyanna. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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