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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
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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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