alpha and omega
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To that end, the Spectacle encourages alienation and fragmentation: ‘the alpha and omega of the spectacle is separation.”
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025
These two novels are the alpha and omega for a spy novelist.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2020
With courage, wits and help from their wild friends, the alpha and omega wolves rise to protect the queen and princess and save their forest home.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2020
Those who find superheroes the alpha and omega of comics date the end of the golden age to some time in the postwar 1940s when interest in the genre faded.
From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2019
This was the alpha and omega of our existence, and went unquestioned.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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