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Recent Examples of bestiaryTheir violence — in medieval bestiaries, unicorns are regularly said to have beef with elephants and take them down by goring their bellies — is contrasted with their gentleness towards maidens and innate understanding of purity.—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025 Our Creature, Our Selves Image This fair is also a bestiary, with many of its animal objects ready to serve.—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 In the bestiary, the animals representing the sins were related to animals that existed.—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024 That creature, in turn, can be traced back to medieval bestiaries as a type of whale called aspidochelone, first mentioned in a 2nd-century CE Alexandrian manuscript called the Physiologus.—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for bestiary
In its pleasantly complicated world-building, the series manages to be a shrewd political thriller, a cracking adventure, and a haunting religious allegory rolled into one.
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Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
Now, over two decades later, 28 Years Later breathes new life into the franchise’s infection allegory in a world that is still recovering from a years-long global pandemic.
As funny as its title suggests, Clam Down transcends its conceit to create a personal fable of transformation, family lore, natural history, and adaptation.
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Literary Hub
June 2,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
Highlights this week include four of the greatest R&B divas to ever do it on one stage at Barclays Center, Rena Butler’s take on Aesop’s classic fable with Parsons Dance at The Joyce and a must-see immersive art exhibit in Chelsea celebrating Rolling Stone magazine.
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Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
While information about what happened trickled out slowly at first, reviewing the detective's narrative of the investigation revealed how the shooter had engaged in a pattern of abuse that culminated in him entering the house party on Ridgecrest Drive and shooting at those inside.
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Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
7 July 2025
And such coverage comes at a cost: according to Africa No Filter, a media advocacy organization, the continent could be losing up to $4.2 billion annually because of stereotypical narratives.
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