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As Mr. Groom and other scholars have stressed, the parasitic connection between vampires and their human prey has been used to grossly symbolize the relationship between rapacious business owners and exploited workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Some commentaries noted it was less about substance than ceremony and symbolism, but what did it commemorate or symbolize?

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Built as part of efforts to modernize Venezuela, the buildings now symbolize the country's dire situation after twin quakes on Wednesday left nearly 1,500 people confirmed dead and tens of thousands missing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Increasingly, speakers are being chosen or challenged not only for what they say, but for what they symbolize about institutions, technology, politics and generational authority.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

“The hands clasped together symbolize friendship. The heart is love. And the crown stands for loyalty,” I explain.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

In part, it is being led by the film that most aptly symbolizes Zaslav’s failures.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Today it symbolizes freedom and resistance to aggression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

A: Ruth symbolizes what she herself expressed: decency.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

The door of the Legacy Tower symbolizes perseverance, Smith says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

Atahuallpa’s capture symbolizes the European conquest of the Americas, because the same mix of proximate factors that caused it was also responsible for European conquests of other Native American societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

But as state "bodegas" disappear, the "libreta" ration book that symbolized equal access to affordable food for all is being quietly shelved.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

In his telling, two distinct social archetypes rooted in the era of England’s 17th-century civil war—the Cavalier and the Puritan—were symbolized by the ships of his title, the White Lion and the Mayflower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Eve symbolized beauty and promised consumers the same results through their purchasing power.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

A theatergoer was called upon to play the vet who euthanized the narrator’s childhood pet, a dog named Indiana Bones that was symbolized by a coat someone volunteered from the audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

The Muslim’s “X” symbolized the true African family name that he never could know.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Both are moving on, heading outside our field of vision; soon they’ll be gone, symbolizing the continuity of space and time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

A few hundred people thrashed to a performance by the Irish rap group Kneecap, one of whose members wore a kaffiyeh — the scarf symbolizing Palestinian nationalism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

This mutual cooperation embodies the Japanese concept of "AUN," symbolizing balance and harmony between opposites.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025

The skeleton is covered with a white cloth symbolizing the souls' clothing and is changed each year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

Cressen's fingers went to the chain about his neck, each link forged from a different metal, each symbolizing his mastery of another branch of learning; the maester's collar, mark of his order.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin