trope
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That is a kind of cultural trope in this society for which I think we have a weakness.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
The horrible-boss archetype has been a Hollywood trope for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The “Anything But Bonds” trope will only end, Hartnett contends, if Warsh signals hawkish at the Jackson Hole symposium Aug. 28, and both the Fed and Bank of Japan tighten monetary policy in September.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 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
To Colin's mind, the rooster crowing at dawn was nothing more than a literary and cinematic trope.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
Pledging love and respecting someone or a relationship can make people feel so uncomfortable that leaning into these tropes of life can feel humorous, and that’s where the laughs from a Hallmark film come from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
"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
Yet the film is more than the deft redeployment of familiar tropes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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
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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