fairy tale

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Recent Examples of fairy tale While the Ferrari-Hamilton union started like a fairy tale, his time at the Italian team has been anything but a smooth ride during the season. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025 The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1973) $11 The 1987 movie is universally beloved, but the funny and often brutal fairy tale is just a part of the original novel, a complex work of metafiction. Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025 Others bring friends - or their kids (there’s even a kids programme including fairy tale readings). Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 Meyer’s books put a sci-fi spin on classic fairy tale characters amid growing conflict between Earth and its former colony Luna. Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fairy tale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy tale
Noun
  • Basing a political movement on lies and conspiracy theories is inevitably going to come back to haunt you.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
  • The misinformation, and sometimes blatant lies, being spread around the country could result in someone stepping into a federal operation and suddenly finding themselves face-to-face with a killer who has nothing to lose.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • That tale is just one of many in the story that don’t show Joel in an especially flattering light.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2025
  • The Coldplay public humiliation is a cautionary tale of atrophied American privacy.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • The extensive new detention policy is also expected to face legal challenges This is a developing story.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 15 July 2025
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    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 15 July 2025

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