rhyme
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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 ● Jul. 11, 2026
Their lead single “Fabienk” is studded with hair-trigger riffs — if you can even call them that — that mix the playful nursery rhyme melodies of Battles with the no-wave drone of Sonic Youth.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Singsong rhyme and meter are out; free verse and wistfulness are in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
After I turn it in, it occurs to me that the rhyme and the rhythm of my poem really, really suck.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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History doesn’t repeat itself, it rhymes, as the maxim has it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Attending LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, he became friends with future rapper Dana Dane and they started writing their own rhymes.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Like amateur detectives, we learn alongside them as they click around pages about Sumerian devils, Catholic saints and the origin of the nursery rhymes “London Bridge” and “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
This kind of talk rhymes with how Tesla in 2016 described Musk’s plans for merging Tesla with SolarCity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Examples of Hello rhymes and songs might include “Hi There, Hello There.”
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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“The struggles of these ordinary farming folk in rural China really rhymed with what was suddenly happening to farming folk in the U.S.A.,” says Peter Conn, emeritus professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Whether we are talking about 24 hours or a millennium, it is as chilling a rhymed couplet of stated political intent as one could envision.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024
That last image is rhymed at the end.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Some of his funniest quotes rhymed, including "Yum, yum, pig's bum, that was fun!" and "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!"
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023
The Wart was called the Wart because it more or less rhymed with Art, which was short for his real name.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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MS Now‘s Jacob Soboroff played Mamdani the rhyming boast that begin’s “My mayor’s Muslim, my bagel’s Jewish.”
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
Until we see persistent, continual job losses over a long period of time across the entire economy, the safe bet is that history is simply rhyming.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
Both books tell a tale about an adventure in a woodland full of animals, with the story told in rhyming couplets.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
Cheerful illustrations accompanied by rhyming text enumerate little acts of love over the course of a day, from early-morning wake-ups to indulging requests for one more bedtime lullaby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
“Not that again. Last time Apollo cursed a cabin, it took a week for the rhyming couplets to wear off” I shuddered.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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