vignettes
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Viewed from a bird’s-eye vantage, the book’s vignettes glide between mundanity—town-council meetings, estate auctions, block parties—and tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
These vignettes — “scenes” would be giving too much credit — eventually drift into musical riffs or spoken-word rants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
There will be a nod to the 250th celebrations with historical "vignettes" between bouts, Axios reported, and there will also be military bands, a US military flyover and parachute display and a 10-minute fireworks finale.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Those vignettes became source material for her new music.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
They were pictures of lovers in lonely parks, with vignettes of hearts pierced with arrows and golden ribbons held by doves.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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