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ode

[ohd] / oʊd /


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An ode to imperfect fruit: Tangerines that are a breeze to peel.

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

Parton was about six years old when she wrote her first song: Little Tiny Tasseltop, an ode to her favourite doll and its corn-silk hair.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Whitney Houston’s powerhouse version stands alone, but Dolly’s quieter, mournful ode to her collaboration with Porter Wagoner is the artful, formative sketch to a colossal mural.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

One day I will write an ode about kissing.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Instead of odes to the old cabin home in the mountains or the little church in the wildwood, Busby sang about the loneliness and alienation of life in the nation’s capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

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

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

On the stone quays of the Seine, even the most passionate odes to the river’s charms tend to arrive at the same conclusion: Nope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024

Many odes have been composed to Queen Orlagh’s beauty, although, if she’s anything like her daughter, not to her personality.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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