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Recent Examples of epos
Your freestyle at Harvard University in 2016 was searing and soaring epos.
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New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epos
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Leonardo DiCaprio First, Leonardo DiCaprio starred in a movie about a famous shipwreck with James Cameron’s 1997 epic Titanic.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
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The filmmaker is best known for helming the 2013 samurai epic 47 Ronin, which starred Keanu Reeves.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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Tom Sturridge, Rebecca Hall, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and newcomer Luther Ford co-star in this elegy defiantly tethered to life.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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To say an elegy by heart/to zero our dying before birth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Johnson is the author of the epigrams, but Boswell is very much the co-author.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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The project was set to be an ode to the Brooklyn neighborhood.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2026
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So, as an ode to his staple espadrille-like footwear choice while in Hawaii, the company was originally known as Alohas Sandals.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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My expertise, for example, is in the African American sonnet tradition.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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By simply turning just one strip, the sonnet is altered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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Behind the chronic dissatisfaction, these poem reveal a gentle empathy with a wide embrace.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The Christine Mayer show came with a poem by Kamps, who also produced artist books.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
27 May 2026
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Ginsberg’s incantatory dithyrambs pulled the Beats, Walt Whitman and much of 20th century poetry into view.—
Sesshu Foster,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2023
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The Spiritual Sound Marc-André Hamelin, Found Objects / Sound Objects The Beths, Straight Line Was a Lie A year like no other, my 2025 in music was filled with joyous arias and madrigals of melancholy.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2025
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This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Epos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epos. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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