alliteration
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Churchill’s use of alliteration, onomatopoeia and other devices served him as tools to fix “on paper the sound of the human voice,” Mr. Stiles writes.
From The Wall Street Journal β Mar. 22, 2026
One for alliteration fans - could Broadway Boy follow Mon Mome, Party Politics and Red Rum as a nifty-sounding National winner for trainer, who has triumphed twice before?
From BBC β Apr. 3, 2025
And, yes, there were omissions, which, for the sake of alliteration and search engine optimization, we’ll call “snubs.”
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 17, 2024
Hearing his words, Mr. Barry says, allows him to immediately spot an overworked alliteration, dropped articles, gaps in logic — and to nail the rhythm of an article.
From New York Times β Dec. 11, 2022
And even where something appears merely decorative—a run of alliteration or a mellifluously turned sentence—it serves to commend the speech more easily to memory, and to give pleasure to the audience.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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