segue
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I remember thinking her diatribe about the injustice of Hester Prynne’s shunning would segue into the cruelties Charles faced with the goal of inspiring someone to defy the blacklist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Another important interlude is the segue of “American Skin” into “Long Walk Home.”
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
It's extremely tempting to write a segue here about Wolf's career having had its own teething troubles – but, in truth, it's been more of a slow burn on a long fuse.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Likewise, the score by Tony Doogan leans too heavily on generic electronic thuds, the kind that segue into a commercial break cliffhanger and an ad for blood pressure medicine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Their easy give-and-take, comic timing, and ability to segue into heart-wrenching moments, like Peeta’s confession of love for me, have made them a huge success with the audience.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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In a press conference soon after, he agreed that the hotel was “not a particularly secure building,” from which he segued into a pitch for his planned White House ballroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
But all that momentum for change stalled when, in 1917, the United States entered World War I and then segued to a postwar decade of speculative frenzy.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2025
The show began with a new-agey wash of ocean sounds, that segued seamlessly into her 2024 single, Training Season.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
The chat started with a question about their worst dates then segued into Mr. Big asking what the two expect from a guy on a first date.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
He walked up, made small talk, commented on the beauty of the sunset, and then, gallantly, segued into the beauty of her face.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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The exhibition slips past the complications of World War II with just a few ephemeral examples before segueing into an accumulation of familiar pop-culture products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Maslany, who portrayed the doomed mother in “The Monkey,” brings an edge to Liz from the start, the character’s romantic anxieties segueing into a fear that something in the house is out to kill her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
However, the tonal mismatch of segueing from a story about a family member’s coma to a soda tasting is notable and leads one to ask: Why is JD Vance being so weird about Mountain Dew?
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
She emerges to ear-splitting screams, in a floral-print dress and towering heels, smouldering through the achingly cool A&W, before segueing into the ethereal Young and Beautiful.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
Snow was falling in earnest now—big silent petals drifting through the springtime woods, white bouquets segueing into snowy dark: a nightmarish topsy-turvy land, something from a story book.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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