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Recent Examples of orgone
And for better or worse, practitioners have always stood at the ready, prepared to intervene when our chakras seemed blocked; when our humors seemed unbalanced; when our meridians surely became constricted; when our orgone levels were all out of whack.
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Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
And then there was orgone, discovered, or imagined, by Wilhelm Reich, the Austrian psychoanalyst and fallen Freudian.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
The Food and Drug Administration questioned his claims about the orgone accumulator and believed that the device was a cover for more illicit activities.
—Washington Post, 18 June 2021
Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
And then there was orgone, discovered, or imagined, by Wilhelm Reich, the Austrian psychoanalyst and fallen Freudian.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
The Food and Drug Administration questioned his claims about the orgone accumulator and believed that the device was a cover for more illicit activities.
—Washington Post, 18 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgone
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It is believed that a women’s qi, or life force, is depleted while giving birth.—
Clarissa Wei,
Bon Appétit,
16 Sep. 2024
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Those with strong qi, who can learn to channel it, make for fierce, skilled warriors.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
5 Sep. 2020
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How does a young man with perfectly flowing chi and an EpiPen in his glove compartment wind up puffy faced and dead just off the Van Wyck Expressway?—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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Featuring simple Tai Chi forms and qi gong (energy work).—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In this scenario, the most likely outcome would involve Punk pinning Seth Rollins, providing a decisive conclusion to their ongoing feud with a clear pinfall victory, while strategically preserving Roman Reigns' aura of dominance and mystique by avoiding a direct pinfall loss to Punk.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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Like Napoleon’s Uncle Rico, who dwells on his long-ago high-school-football days, Garrett is living in the faded aura of past glory: in his case, a 1989 video-game championship.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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Total Blindness People with total blindness cannot see anything, including any light.—
Heidi Cope,
Health,
19 Apr. 2025
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For the most recent discovery, a team of researchers used a different instrument outfitted to Webb to study the light from K2-18b's parent star as the planet passed in front of it from Earth's vantage.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Alexander Smirnov was sentenced to six years in prison in January after pleading guilty to lying to his FBI handler about the Biden family's ties to a Ukrainian energy company -- in addition to a series of unrelated tax fraud charges.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Wade scored 157 points over the last four games, all Heat wins, and turned in a damn-near-perfect performance in the elimination game, playing with relentless energy on both sides of the ball.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Their booth was a stunning celebration of Italian spirit, exuding elegance, creativity and a deep connection to the brand’s Roman heritage.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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The departures of Kuzma and Valančiūnas, as well as the additions of Middleton and Smart, set the stage for the Wizards to dramatically improve their ball movement and overall spirit.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Music hears everything — the heart, the soul, the past, the future.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
7 Apr. 2025
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Not a soul in the hockey world even considers Ovechkin the best player of his era, a title that goes to his longtime rival, Sidney Crosby.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Give your inner light a chance to shine, touch people’s lives and enrich the world around you.—
Eugenia Last,
The Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2024
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This effect is especially powerful at night, for example when the inner light of the 71 heading downtown from Westwood passes through Beverly Hills, accenting the ruby red glamour of the Beverly Hilton sign and spotlighting the Waldorf Astoria’s platinum one.—
Mark Gozonsky,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Orgone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgone. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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