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Behold the parable of why housing costs so much in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Go and Do Likewise” is centered around the parable of the Good Samaritan from the Bible.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Swindon, for so long a political bellwether, is perhaps providing a parable of Englishness.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Mr. Smith is an insightful filmmaker and “Bring Me the Beauties” is a stylishly constructed parable about naivete and spiritual emptiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Recounted in numberless articles and books, the Maya collapse has become an ecological parable for green activists; along with Pleistocene overkill, it is a favorite cautionary tale about surpassing the limits of Nature.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
But among contemporary socio-economic parables, Mr. Park’s latest is an amusingly cutting one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Buffett’s lessons and parables remind me of the volatility in technology stocks this year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
I was so green in the world that I hadn’t accepted there could be parables without a moral, questions without an answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
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
The social insects, especially ants, have been sources of all kinds of parables, giving lessons in industry, interdependence, altruism, humility, frugality, patience.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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