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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beast fable
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Ahead of the Europa League semi-final, Postecoglou spoke to his players about the Stonecutter’s Credo (also known as pounding the rock), an allegory for persistence even when progress may not be visible.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
19 May 2025 -
The film, a blistering political allegory, is the latest in her long collaboration with Rasoulof (Goodbye, A Man of Integrity).—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 May 2025
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Sufi saints used stories, parables and allegories to teach spiritual truths.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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While Jesus may have used parables and the Apostle Paul used letters, Francis used social media to spread the Gospel.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These distortions reduce a complex conflict to a morality play.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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But the set, in which Dylan played the electric guitar and embraced rock ’n’ roll publicly, was more complicated than a morality play pitting backward folk purists against forward-looking rockers.—
Grant Wong,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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Citizens of Louisiana only have to look up at their state flag to see an animal doing some pretty wild — and deeply symbolic — stuff out of a medieval bestiary.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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This fair is also a bestiary, with many of its animal objects ready to serve.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Beast fable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beast%20fable. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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