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[ohd] / oʊd /


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“Peck & Peck” is Bonnie Garmus’ whimsical and winning ode to the written word, and send-up of the pretensions of its gatekeepers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Mr. Young’s “Midnight on the Bay” is an ode to kicking back in the Florida Keys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

For the romantics: Emily Yoffe’s essay “My Husband’s Other Wife” is a poignant ode to her husband’s first wife, who died of breast cancer tragically young.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

For the team behind "Onwards and Sideways," the film was essentially an ode to life.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Next came a poetic ode to Columbus that was as long and difficult to endure as the admiral’s voyage itself: “Then from the Pinta's foretop fell a cry, a trumpet song, ‘Light ho!

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Month after month, spies secretly met in a secure compound to discuss rhyme schemes, structural forms and heroic odes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Wallen sings catchy odes to Tennessee; Bryan goes for heartfelt tributes to Oklahoma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

The two songs tenor Ben Jones turned to, “Drift Off to Sleep” and “Answered Prayers,” were moving odes to melancholy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2025

Football "cannot be boosted by singing odes or telling stories", he noted.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

And Rabbi Yehuda, who still writes to this day beautiful odes to God in His Glory.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz


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