parable
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The film is, he said, is "another parable of parental crisis dressed up as a brightly coloured family adventure" - and a "cautionary tale about online childhoods".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
The same could just as unnervingly be said about “The Crucible,” Miller’s parable about the McCarthy witch hunts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
The 65-year-old came to court in downtown Los Angeles for closing arguments this month in one of the biggest trials of his career, armed with a parable of leavened bread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Coogler’s period piece-meets-horror parable heads into Sunday’s awards ceremony with a record-breaking 16 nominations to Anderson’s 13 nods for “One Battle.”
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
When I chuckled at the older woman’s invocation of the parable, she laughed, too.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
As Sam Sacks writes, “Ms. Strout has developed her true mastery in an archetypal mode, writing stories that resemble secular parables or everyman morality dramas.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
But Martin’s stories, along with being informed by actual history, are parables of power struggles among the ruling classes.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
There are lengthy jokes, a smattering of horror, some nonfiction, even romances, poetry and parables.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
As for this truck-and-fanbelt story, the Reverend loved to speak in parables, and we could surely spot one coming.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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