lore
Example Sentences
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Matt: The challenge, especially as the lore and mythology has gotten too complicated, is to ensure that it’s not weighing down the show and that there’s enough room for the characters.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’m here to buy arms,” Vasdev told an older Sikh gentleman who noticed him at the train station on arrival, according to family lore.
David may be a towering figure of biblical lore, but this telling of a chapter of his story is not merely animated, it’s cartoonish.
Fallout, first launched in 1997, has a deep well of established lore the series' biggest fans know well and feel protective of.
From BBC
But his lore, his legend is felt here and everywhere else.
From Los Angeles Times
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