vein

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For 35 years, Mr. Self has continued in a similar vein, dazzling and sometimes wearying his readers with his madcap plots and lexical pyrotechnics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

In the same vein, the “Retirement Plan” short film, which was written and directed by John Kelly, uses simple line drawings of a character named Ray to show his progression through his older years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

In the same vein, Meta-backed Scale AI has gathered 100,000 hours of footage for robotics, while its Palo Alto-based competitor Micro1 employs 1,000 people across 60 countries to record household tasks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

In the vein of Netherlands-based Fairphone, whose smartphones are marketed as ethical and environmentally friendly, other small companies have saddled up against the sector's giants like Apple and Samsung.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The vein in his forehead swelled to the point of bursting and his face was dark with rage.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers