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also Aesopic
as in symbolic
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Taken together, those cultural threads help explain why food – and especially meat – carries an outsized symbolic role in Texas politics, where the official state dish, adopted in 1977, is chili, defined by its significant meat base.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026 -
For inheritors of the banana leaf-wrapping tradition, this practice has both the literal and symbolic capacity to contain that relationship.—
Sophia Rey,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2026
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Cardinale was particularly fond of the shape, which the brand used as an allegorical representation of its birth city’s many cupolas.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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Naturalists and later scientists also protested such allegorical uses of primates.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
18 May 2026
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The Descendants of Monticello is emblematic of this Semiquincentennial—a nation commemorating an unfinished project of democracy.—
Time,
Time,
2 June 2026
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Experts in mental health told ProPublica that the incident is emblematic of practices flagged by the Justice Department more than three years ago.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
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As an abstract expressionist in the 1950s and 1960s, her concerns had been mostly formal, but the new paintings would be political, figurative, erotic, and female-centered.—
Regina Marler,
The New York Review of Books,
28 May 2026
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And then, in a figurative blink of an eye, the months-long march to a second NHL championship in five years was over.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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Every time an underperforming manager missed a deadline or botched a client presentation, Marcus would swoop in, grab the metaphorical hose and put out the fire himself.—
Janine Schindler,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Nonetheless, Leeds will arrive at the London Stadium this weekend already on the metaphorical beach.—
Graham Ruthven,
New York Times,
24 May 2026
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The decor is a composite of countless tropical vacations and excursions, stitched together into a singular fantasy.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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The National Hurricane Center's tropical outlook early May 29 showed nothing in the Atlantic basin to be concerned about for the next two to seven days, though AccuWeather forecasters said that could change next week.—
Cheryl McCloud,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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The number distilled the North Beach revue (which closed New Year’s Eve 2019) famous for its oversized figural hats, musical parodies and fairy-tale characters into 11.5 minutes.—
Culture Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Mar. 2026
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The holders come in a set of two, adorned with figural bunnies.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Aesopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Aesopian. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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