folk
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Maier became a folk hero across the Tri-State Area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Ethnographer Imre Romsics said paprika became an important symbol of Hungarian identity during the 19th century, "alongside costume, folk art and other traditions".
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
They wrote and produced their own songs, shaped their own streetwear image and blended genres ranging from hip-hop and R&B to trot, a traditional South Korean folk genre.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Along Fostoria’s Drummond Street, these homes’ front porches become stages for local and regional musicians playing folk, blues, country, Americana, rock and acoustic music.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
This intense-repetition type of cyclic form is very common in folk musics around the world and often finds its way into classical and popular musics, too.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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“The single most important issue that I see, however, are older folks who get on GLP-1s,” said Nolan Fisher, a neck and back pain specialist at the Banner Health hospital system in Phoenix.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
What advice would you give to folks who might feel it’s their moral duty to confront a family member at a gathering like Thanksgiving?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
"Come on, folks, let's hit the streets; let's go talk to people," he said in the video posted to Instagram and TikTok.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Many folks in this room are people I worked with in the city of Detroit,” he said at one point.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Back when I was growing up, there were a few ornery youngsters around Sassafras Springs who gave folks a terrible time, but the worst of those children was a boy named Buddy.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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