stanza
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Now in the fourth stanza she suddenly admits personal loss: “A Book I have – a friend gave –.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Crocker has changed his approach as he was now coming forward a bit more with his tight guard, and that was suiting Donovan, with the fight seemingly on a knife-edge heading into the final stanza.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
A shaky middle stanza, when the 26-year-old right-hander stumbled with a 2-4 mark and 4.43 ERA over his next eight outings from May 8 to June 19.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
“Obviously, the second half, definitely missed more shots,” said Wells, whose team made 2 of 11 from deep in the second stanza.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
By the last four lines of the stanza, most of the Marines were on their feet.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
She spends three stanzas working herself up to expressing her pain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
And two others, “No Fear” and “Happy With You,” repeat lyrics like mantras as the music builds around them, filling up over 11 minutes of music with just two stanzas of words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
“Marina,” as the poem is known, consists of 291 stanzas and 2,900 verses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
I gave my idea a form, a structure in which to be contained stanzas, line breaks that were cues.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2023
I found it on the last page, in the very last words—not poetry in stanzas, just Frank’s prose.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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