story line

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: the plot of a story or drama

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the story line is clumsily interrupted several times to provide some much-needed background information

Recent Examples on the Web Much of the popular story line in the SEC has been focused on Kentucky's unexpected struggles. — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, "NCAA Tournament bracketology: Forget Kentucky, the SEC is in good shape this year," 18 Feb. 2021 James Garner was in it, and the story line was about a Black man, a World War II vet who was very bitter. — Rich Heldenfels, Star Tribune, "'Bridgerton' second season production set for spring," 1 Feb. 2021 The populist story line is that nonstop chatter on social media about once downtrodden stocks, such as GameStop, put power back into the pocketbooks of the people. — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, "GameStop gamers battle risk in fight against Wall Street," 29 Jan. 2021 Its white-savior story line reads much differently nearly 60 years after its publication. — Dorany Pineda Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "In Burbank schools, a book-banning debate over how to teach antiracism," 12 Nov. 2020 Her story line is steady in some parts and rushed in others. — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, "'His Only Wife' Is a Refreshingly Modern Ghanaian Love Story," 2 Nov. 2020 In another outdoors story line, Republicans and Democrats will deal once again with an as-yet-unapproved set of enhancement projects advanced in 2019 by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, "Held-up outdoors projects, issues piled high for Minnesota lawmakers," 8 Jan. 2021 My first feeling was claustrophobia—a frantic urgency to escape, get off this road, slip into another story line. — Rebekah Taussig, Time, "A Partner With Cancer, a New Baby and a Pandemic: How I Learned to Live in a Tangle of Joy and Pain," 5 Jan. 2021 The conclusion to Marina’s story line in season one of Bridgerton lines right up with Marina’s appearance in the novels, setting her up for what is to be a tragic end. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, "What to Expect From Bridgerton Season Two, Based on the Novels," 15 Jan. 2021

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