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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

“Liveforever” remains an unforgettable ode to unruly youth, and one of the greatest novels in Latin American history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

An ode to the ecstasy of Scrabble: Do you love hearing someone talk about something they’re really passionate about and know very well, in great intimate detail?

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Jalil told her the story of Queen Gauhar Shad, who had raised the famous minarets as her loving ode to Herat back in the fifteenth century.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

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

But the chorus of Theban citizens, whose odes interrupt the action at crucial points, makes clear that not only the ruling clan but the entire society is at stake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

Its final stop was full of odes to L.A., where she performed her hit song “Celebrity” as more than 10,000 fans held up pink banners that read, “In the city of stars, you’re our celebrity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024

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

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz