verse
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My favorite part of songwriting is working on the second verse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
His verse included his debut collection, “The Broken Ground,” and his celebrated Sabbath Poems series, which explored living in harmony with the land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
She covered the song in 1975, choosing to cut the third verse and dial up the drama with meaty piano chords, slugging drums and a flourish of cymbals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Kamal says the verse was "perfect for the album" and "the kind of message" he wanted to send.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
I flipped over and stuck my finger on the verse that I had memorized gleefully.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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The set starts reasonably well with the title track, a bouncy synthetic confection with chanted verses that recalls hits from Kesha.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
His productions on Scarface’s 1997’s “The Untouchable” helped it go platinum, with “Smile” sporting one of the last verses recorded by Tupac Shakur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The chapel will also have new stained-glass windows to reflect one of Parton's favourite Bible verses: "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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
One thing boys and girls growing up in Cold Sassy know a lot of is Bible verses.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Grigoryan said that Voskanyan lived in Glendale with his mother and brother and was an intelligent man who loved reading books and was well versed on politics, sports and current events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
But by now, head coach Didier Deschamps has his players well versed in sang froid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
Seniors are targeted by scammers, if only because they’re more likely to be at home if they’re retired and perhaps are not as well versed in technology as younger generations.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
In the early days of his youth he was sent to serve as a soldier under Paulo Vitelli, so that, once he was versed in that discipline, he might attain some outstanding military rank.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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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
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Nixon himself held no illusions about re versing the 1960 decision,* planned to remain above the rumblings about crooked counts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Whoever’s versing him right now is a brave soul.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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