microcosm

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The match-winning try scored by Italy utility back Leonardo Marin once again involved a line-break in the 10-metre channel - a microcosm of England's vulnerabilities out wide after being eviscerated there by Scotland and Ireland.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The breakdown of the Chopras serves as a microcosm for the decay of the state.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The opening goal was a microcosm of all of those things.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Tuliaupupu’s near-decade playing college sports is a microcosm of a growing trend in the amateur ranks, where athletes are staying in school longer to keep playing and competing as students.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Farmville, the town that Dorothy left behind in the 1940s, had become in the 1950s a microcosm of Americas struggle over integration in its public schools.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly