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verse

[vurs] / vɜrs /


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It isn’t until the closing lines of his verse that Eminem turns to God and the brotherhood of man.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

How else can you explain a verse that is 90% throat-clearing and preemptive dodges of the backlash he knows is coming?

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

My favorite part of songwriting is working on the second verse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Then he finished a verse and the next thing I know he's gone.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Perhaps I shall write some verse, as well. I rather liked the sound of those rhyming quatrains....”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

He wrote “La Nieve” the night after filming an emotionally demanding execution and took inspiration from the verses in the last letter that Lorca wrote to Rodríguez Rapún.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Sprinkled between the solemn piano chords, his signature requinto melodies punctuate the verses and make way for the singer to ease into a more relaxed vocal tone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Originally a collaboration with controversial rapper Ye, also known as Kanye West, Jay-Z left his voice in for the chorus but cut his verses out.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

“The pro-slavery factions were picking on specific verses like ‘slaves obey your masters’ and saying, ‘Well, we’re clearly advancing the more biblical society because look, the Bible says exactly what we’re doing,’” Coffman said.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

And they so impressed him with this that he wrote glib verses to prove it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

With Mallory, I just wanted to dunk her in the middle of the thing that she thinks she’s so well versed about.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

To critique any tool, though, you have to be well versed in it, says Daniel Zhao, chief economist at Glassdoor.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Meanwhile, Ukraine's success in drone warfare has attracted the attention of rich Gulf states that have been targeted with the same types of Iranian-designed drones that Ukraine is now well versed in countering.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Forty-five years old, tall and strikingly handsome, Sumner was the consummate New England intellectual: widely traveled, deeply versed in classics and the law, and staunchly committed to the cause of African-Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Moira became, over the years, increasingly versed in such anecdotes.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Many former assistants have risen in the Hollywood ranks, and credit Scott Rudin Productions with versing them in the ways of the industry.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2021

Deadpool 2 doesn’t have as many characters as Infinity War, but full enjoyment of it is even more conditional on a thorough versing in the source material.

From Slate ● May 17, 2018

Fighting, writing, digging, rigging, Hiving, wiving, nursing, versing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nixon himself held no illusions about re versing the 1960 decision,* planned to remain above the rumblings about crooked counts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whoever’s versing him right now is a brave soul.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles


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