: a short rhyme for children that often tells a story
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Netflix is making a bigger play for young viewers with the launch of a games app for kids, the renewal of two preschool shows and a new series based on one of the most enduring nursery rhymes of all time.—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2026 The three-minute-plus earworm is more of a bombastic wakeup call than a nursery rhyme.—Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026 In one video that’s supposed to be a nursery rhyme about cars, children ride without a seatbelt and walk in the middle of a road with moving cars behind them.—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026 Into the mix for our podcasters are children’s nursery rhymes, playing them backwards, and getting unsettling demonic messages, which Tuason throws in with the continuing plotline of this couple’s pending terror.—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nursery rhyme