Tillid

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Tillid

adj.
humbled by how readily you place your life into the hands of random strangers, often without a second thought—trusting a restaurant to check its expiration dates, trusting a construction crew not to cheap out on materials, trusting thousands of other drivers to stay in their lane —people who you may never meet but whose well-being you’re deeply invested in, whether you know it or not.

Danish tillid, trust. Pronounced “til-id.”

Flichtish

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Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Licotic

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Scabulous

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Anaphasia

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Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building