microcosm

“It’s a life-changing moment when you catch sight of the ISS there in the eternity of the universe - seeing this little bubble of life, a microcosm of human creativity in the blackness,” he says.

In the back row, Ben Earl's energy kept opposite number Ardie Savea from shining too brightly in the summer - their personal battle could be the match in microcosm.

It’s a microcosm of the world and its vices, and not only because the sounds of several languages permeate the steamy premises.

The unwilling eavesdropping was a microcosm of the whole weekend.

You could say that Sunday's game was a microcosm of Williams' rookie season.