tale
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Then, as so many series do nowadays, it goes back in time — 10 days here — to tell the tale that got them there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
He had a captive audience in Cruise, who listened, Iñárritu said, like a “kid hearing a tale being told.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
An incident involving businessman and television personality Kevin O’Leary is the classic cautionary tale taught in journalism schools.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
Big Bang's story, however, is far from a straightforward tale of success.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Not the start of any fairy tale, but as a failed first-ever date.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Most of Workman’s tales are fact-based and reenacted with puppets, although she also stumbles off-site to her local dive bar or her apartment for occasional “Interview with a Demon” segments.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
"It's in Alice in Wonderland, it's in Super Mario Brothers... It's everywhere as part of fairy tales and folklore," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
In honor of Slate’s 30th anniversary, Luke waded into the comments section and discovered tales of love, loss, and a vanishing form of online community.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Do you have any tales of lost items that took a circuitous path back to you?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
She thought of the dreaded figure of Mr. Alpo, from the Giddy-Yap, Rainbow! tales, who disposed of unwanted ponies by taking them to the slaughterhouse.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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