fairy tale

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Recent Examples of fairy tale Channing Tatum was almost the star of a Guillermo del Toro fairy tale. Jack Dunn, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025 All this plays out against the Borg’s family home in Oslo, an old-world cottage that looks sprung from a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, but holding generations of memories and trauma, embedded in its walls. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 From Shakespearean comedies to Disney fairy tales, the sign of a life well lived is so often a woman standing by a man, vowing to obey and sealed with wedding bells. Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025 Shrek became a cultural phenomenon thanks to its brazen skewering of fairy tale formulas and pop culture tropes. Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fairy tale
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Noun
  • Our family has been ruined by Denise's lies of promising to end a year-long affair.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Harrison called that a lie, saying Welsh knew of university professors teaching LGBTQ+ content long before Monday.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Arias weaves a lovely tale of unrequited love that isn’t as unrequited in this sapphic, slow-burn romance that also touches on weighty topics, including divorce and grief.
    Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The tell-tale signs continued to add up.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As a recent ProPublica story revealed, the promises of the H-2A visa program can be undermined by extreme abuses the workers suffer, mostly by labor contractors.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The dream drive package includes private transfer to The Barn, Napa Valley Car Club's exclusive clubhouse, post-drive drinks and stories and return transfer.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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