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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morality plays
Noun
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The public resharing of the account by a senior White House official has also raised questions about whether highlighting such narratives may carry a deterrent or psychological warfare value, regardless of their factual basis.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026 -
So, what happens when self-serving narratives collide with a deep (and recent) history?—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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What mattered to me is what the comet meant in Polynesian mythologies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Evolutionary thinkers have long argued that humans evolved to notice snakes, which might explain why these creatures slither into a vast number of mythologies, from Quetzalcoatl in Mexico and Damballa in West Africa to celestial dragons in China.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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This week’s challenge tests your memory of 21st-century books that were inspired by ancient myths, legends and folk tales.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Because of this rare condition, superstitions and myths have permeated certain African countries, both positive and negative.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2026
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Zeus acting for his own pleasure underlies the evolutionary tales of small groups raiding foreign shores, carrying off women.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Miyazaki’s singular style — his hand-drawn, painterly aesthetic and his thematic focus on a child’s-eye view of morally complex, humanistic tales — has been treated as the sole Asian animation worthy of entry into the Oscar canon.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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Marwan Hamed and Yousry Nasrallah Two legends of Egyptian cinema, filmmaker Marwan Hamed, whose works are celebrated in IFFR’s 2026 retrospective, and director Yousry Nasrallah will discuss Hamed’s biopic El Sett (IFFR 2026) as well as highlights from their filmmaking careers.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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Stingray's clue package mentioned their mom would host parties attended by music legends like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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