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Such banalities as “Memories are magic,” “It’s not a dream, it’s a nightmare” and “you don’t drag me down, you make me soar” typify the leaden nature of the writing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

In the last month, the Irvine City Council has focused on the mundane, everyday decisions that typify local government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

Wales' shirt numbers were falling off to confuse matters and typify the frantic opening exchanges.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2023

If it was a noninflammatory comment, it also is the kind that has seemed to come to typify who Witherspoon is — someone who doesn’t appear to be too awed by much of anything.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

The hillside, the mountain and mountain top, the valley, signify and typify the experiences of the Christian of the past and present; the heavenly breeze comes from the valley.

From Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes by Howard W. Odum

Kwiyup typifies a new class of self-styled entrepreneurs who might traditionally be called freelancers and side hustlers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

I am just the biggest fan of Unai Emery - he is an amazing coach and he typifies all that is great about the game.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

The mango, that beloved linchpin of cuisines and cultures around the world, typifies this trend.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025

But if McDavid, arguably the best player in the NHL, typifies the skill and grace with which the high-flying Oilers play, then Lizotte represents the blue-collar, lunch-bucket approach that defines the Kings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

What he was not interested in was the grueling fieldwork that typifies sociology.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

And he has looked to do this while sticking to the intense and chaotic style that typified his previous sides.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

They also suggest that the disinflation earlier this year may have been another of the false dawns that have typified recent Fed performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

He typified the Lakers’ adaptability with 32 assists in the last five games of the regular season after averaging 1.7 assists per game since joining the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

The government will hope to draw a line under a tumultuous 2025, with what they hope is an investment boom typified by recent announcements on Heathrow and on a new northern train line.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

The thing that most worried him about the Ptolemaic system, typified by the puzzle of the Moon, was the business of equants.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The work was unveiled in 1920 in a ceremony that lauded Otis for typifying “the ideal which first brought men and women to America.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

And typifying a game in which almost every other play seemed to draw some type of discussion from the officials, Seattle appeared to have the TD on a Smith pass to Noah Fant.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

Before expending the effort typifying one's love language, it is worth inquiring: is the concept is actually psychologically meaningful, or just another batch of pop psychology B.S.?

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2021

The jeans are described on Nordstrom's website as typifying "rugged, Americana workwear" and "hard-working action".

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2017

She had a determination to live, die and be buried in Seattle, as it was her home, and that, too, near her old pioneer friends, thus typifying one of the dearest wishes of the Indians.

From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Emily Inez Denny