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scene

[seen] / sin /


NOUN
part of a dramatic performance
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Dozens of professional teams had come and gone, fading from the American sports scene as they inevitably ran out of money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Pastor Jack McKee was at the scene where multiple houses were on fire around the Crumlin Road in north Belfast.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“Normally there’d be a current charting trap or rap song, but there’s something about that song that I think makes you recalibrate how you’re looking at the scene in general.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In one scene, a young person "wonders whether... that kind of love was possible only in the old times", he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

She knew this scene better than any movie; it was burned into her brain like no movie ever could be.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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