parable
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The situation resembles the parable of the scorpion and the turtle.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 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
Mahapatra compares humanity's limited understanding of the universe -- or lack thereof -- to a well-known parable.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026
When I chuckled at the older woman’s invocation of the parable, she laughed, too.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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