as in poem
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
wrote many mournful runes after her lover's untimely death
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Recent Examples of rune
Reading the runes of the Apple special event invites is always interesting.
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The speculation about the new album has been accompanied by a recent revamp of F+TM’s official website, which was wiped and updated with a landing page spotlighting a cryptic rune featuring two capital T’s along with four surrounding moon phases over a picture of a windswept field.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
Further in the campaign, the shield is imbued with runes that give it other ways to attack.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
Image Wagner boasted the sledgehammer as its symbol, a rune that denoted Russian power.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The speculation about the new album has been accompanied by a recent revamp of F+TM’s official website, which was wiped and updated with a landing page spotlighting a cryptic rune featuring two capital T’s along with four surrounding moon phases over a picture of a windswept field.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
Further in the campaign, the shield is imbued with runes that give it other ways to attack.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
Image Wagner boasted the sledgehammer as its symbol, a rune that denoted Russian power.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rune
Noun
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Courtney could have left the poem there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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The variants, the visuals, the exclusive photos and poems.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Van Dyke recalled crying when the Sherman Brothers first played the now-iconic songs for him.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The jukebox musical, created in collaboration with Diamond, features Diamond’s songs with a book by Anthony McCarten.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Rune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rune. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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