trope
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Another trope Hartnett identifies in asset allocation is “Anything But China.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The continuing “No Ordinary Love” campaign speaks to the Gen Z-led revival of the romance genre as well as the AI-era’s reading-as-a-status-symbol trope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
She digs into why it’s so appealing—and why it’s also become the most abused trope on BookTok.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
There’s a comic trope beloved by playwrights, novelists and screenwriters about the fighters all suited up for battle, only to discover that their adversary refuses to play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
“It’s just, all the girls were losing their shit over you guys, and I just. She tossed the shell back into the ocean. “I’m immune to the romantic pirate trope.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
"It makes sense" because it's a "short and intense" book and falls into one of the most popular tropes on TikTok, she said, citing popular narratives such as "friends becoming lovers."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
And as a source of income, it was also one of the newest iterations of the American dream, reliant on one of our oldest tropes.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
These tropes course through in Alex Haley’s “Roots” TV miniseries and Oscar-nominated melodramas like “Glory” and “Amistad,” as well as acclaimed 21st-century films like “Django Unchained” and “12 Years a Slave.”
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
It includes many of the genre’s customary tropes, including intergenerational conflict, suspenseful showdowns, and self-absorbed, eccentric players for whom character may turn out to be destiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Not unless she is imagined to be more than tired tropes and predictable clichés.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
Vocabulary lists containing trope
Poetry: Literary Devices
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Rhetoric
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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