rhyme
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She added that they’ve learned recently that some newer applications have been processed, but there “doesn’t appear to be any rhyme or reason to the order they are processing these applications.”
From MarketWatch β Oct. 30, 2026
The story, which is told entirely in rhyme, follows Crumble the cat on his daring garden adventures.
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
Its name is inspired by the nursery rhyme Old Mother Goose, reflecting the idea of an ancient goose emerging from the mud of a fossil deposit.
From Science Daily β Jul. 11, 2026
Speaking of “Hacks” folks whose names do not rhyme with Schmanna Schmeinbinder, Kristen Baldwin offers one neat trick to fix stuff in general: “A modest proposal to Hollywood: Cast Robby Hoffman in everything.”
From Los Angeles Times β May 20, 2026
“I’ve got nothing,” she said, before remembering it was supposed to be a rhyme and adding, “too. How ’bout taking Boo?”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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History doesn’t repeat itself, the adage goes, but it always rhymes.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 29, 2026
“The parents learn the value of those interactions with their children. The importance of spending time truly talking, not just directive talk … but open-ended questions, using songs and rhymes, storytelling, descriptive language.”
From Slate β Sep. 5, 2026
“Altruist’s mission to make financial advice more accessible, more affordable, and help advisers scale their practices, that very much rhymes with what we’re trying to do here at Vanguard,” Ramji said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 26, 2026
The problem with the 2030s is that it rhymes with the 1930s, which was a horrible period for geopolitical crises.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 26, 2026
It rhymes with shield and is spelled like it too.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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The projections of period décor were charming, as was the slightly antiquated rhymed English text of the titles, but the undirected singers missed the energy of a fully realized performance.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 20, 2026
In 2002, he even made fun of the situation with the self-deprecating I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen, in which the title rhymed with the lyric "Mr Spielberg look just what you're missing".
From BBC β Dec. 15, 2024
“But I let that go during ‘Welcome Mat’ — I didn’t even care if things rhymed — and that gave me so much more of a canvas to work with.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 28, 2024
There are, in fact, some rather disturbing rhymed couplets, if you will.
From Salon β Jul. 30, 2024
“I needed another word that rhymed with gooey, chewy, and screwy,” I explained.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
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Warmer seas help spawn Pacific hurricanes, which have already battered Hawai‘i this year. As I write this, rhyming storms named Polo and Nolo threaten to bring flooding to Hawai‘i and Mexico.
From Slate β Sep. 28, 2026
He uses a pair of Meta Ray-Ban glasses, with most of his videos showing his glasses-eye view of walking down the street as he greets passers-by with rhyming phrases.
From BBC β Sep. 12, 2026
One story is told in rhyming couplets and another is conveyed entirely in images of paw and footprints.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
MS Now‘s Jacob Soboroff played Mamdani the rhyming boast that begin’s “My mayor’s Muslim, my bagel’s Jewish.”
From Salon β Jun. 14, 2026
I think of Candor’s rhyming song, which calls us the crudest faction.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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Poetry: Literary Devices
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