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Noun
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This bill is overbroad, administratively unreliable, and inconsistent with Connecticut’s civil-liberties traditions.—
James R Mason,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026 -
While each diocese has only one cathedral, a city may have several if multiple traditions with bishops are present; London, for example, has both the Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral and the Church of England’s Saint Paul’s Cathedral.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 May 2026
Noun
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America has its own mythologies of masculine desire, and many of them are worse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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His works are also challenging to date precisely, due in part to his displacement and transpacific migration, and the Spencer show reflects this by abandoning a chronological framework in favor of a thematic exploration of his own mythologies.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
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Given the amount of misinformation on the internet about just about anything, the ability to distinguish accurate information from potentially harmful myths or scams is vital.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Some myths add that a woman who becomes a kuntilanak is one who also died a violent death, murdered and/or raped by men, and who now seeks revenge.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2026
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This ecology is woven into our folktales and culture.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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The story, based on Venezuelan folktales, is exciting and thought-provoking.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Folklifes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folklifes. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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