trope
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Are you concerned that the “big dance in front of the house” trope will get tired?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Another trope Hartnett identifies in asset allocation is “Anything But China.”
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
Hopkins registered the trademark in 2018 and began contacting authors who had also used the descriptor — and the list was long, because the cocky, arrogant hero is a romance trope.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Parallel wording is a powerful trope, but after dying and being born, being here in my place and seeing the light of day, enough is enough.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
"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
Season 2, now streaming on Hulu, embraces one of the sitcom’s most enduring tropes: the “will-they, won’t-they” romance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 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
Although there are no direct references, such Surrealist and Expressionist tropes as Salvador Dalí’s melting watches and Edvard Munch’s screaming bridge-walker seem to lurk in Ms. Butterly’s aesthetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Blogs and video-logs, and the online arguments in comment threads and chat rooms, have spawned new tropes and figures, and new uses for the old ones.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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Poetry: Literary Devices
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