trope
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As James Henson put it to me, “The growth of the Latino population relative to the Anglo white population was going to be a lot more complicated than the demographical-destiny trope really took into account.”
From Slate β Sep. 21, 2026
Every moment, whether dominated by a “Halloween”-inspired ghoul or the grammar-correcting banter of mutually exasperated colleagues, is played straight and for all their initial nods to trope, every character is uniquely and thoroughly human.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 11, 2026
Another trope Hartnett identifies in asset allocation is “Anything But China.”
From MarketWatch β 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 β Aug. 10, 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 β Sep. 4, 2026
Yet the film is more than the deft redeployment of familiar tropes.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β Aug. 20, 2026
Cali Adeline’s debut novel ‘People Watching in the Desert’ uses the tropes of a breezy summer getaway to explore the thorny, Didion-esque ethics of the stories we tell about others.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 22, 2026
And what he’s chiefly remembered for is a heroic attempt to domesticate the figures and tropes of classical oratory by giving them English names and English examples.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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Poetry: Literary Devices
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