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The story follows “Miranda Priestly as she navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing,” according to the synopsis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
The synopsis that won by a landslide was Kim Narby’s “Saturn Returning,” expected in May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
But this one-line synopsis also succinctly captures the film’s complexities, humor, darkness and honesty.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
Now, the convicted killer argues that his "torturous and inhumane" detention conditions during his trial made him incapable of making rational decisions when he pleaded guilty, according to a court synopsis of the case.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
The general synopsis at nineteen hundred: loiv Fitzroy a thousand and eight expected just west of Rockall...
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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The logline, “A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair” is easily one of the funniest film synopses I’ve ever read in my life.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
“Megalopolis” isn’t well-served by synopses that call it a “city poem” or yoke its wild ambitions to ancient Rome’s power struggles or municipal intrigue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
Several key central bankers, including Fed Chair Jerome Powell, appear at a variety of events today, ensuring investors have plenty of commentary, and nearly similar synopses.
From Reuters ● May 19, 2023
Below are synopses of a few incidents and their divergent accounts.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2022
I had all the synopses numbered and put on top here," he went on, "so you can run them over and see what they're like.
From The Phantom Herd by B. M. Bower
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