popular culture
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Mr. Theroux is deliciously dyspeptic, and he describes present-day books of travel as “lazy and imitative, celebrating the encroaching triviality of popular culture, or else unreadable for their flatulence and frivolity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Those displays helped turn Diplodocus into an international symbol of paleontology and one of the most familiar dinosaurs in popular culture.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Already well established as a singer, 9 To 5, external brought Parton over into the mainstream popular culture.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Las Vegas also finds its own ways to commemorate its marks on history and popular culture — another way it’s proved useful for filming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Barack sometimes referred to me as “Joe Public,” asking me to weigh in on campaign slogans and strategies, knowing that I kept myself happily steeped in popular culture.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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