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Recent Examples of morality play
Meanwhile, in deep-blue strongholds, law-abiding people and small shop owners keep getting treated like background characters in someone else’s morality play.
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Larry Clifton, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, in deep-blue strongholds, law-abiding people and small shop owners keep getting treated like background characters in someone else’s morality play.
—Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
The Colbert-Talarico controversy became a convenient morality play.
—Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
But culture wars tend to reduce every conflict to a simple morality play, as Hlavacik repeatedly shows.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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Larry Clifton, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, in deep-blue strongholds, law-abiding people and small shop owners keep getting treated like background characters in someone else’s morality play.
—Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
The Colbert-Talarico controversy became a convenient morality play.
—Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
But culture wars tend to reduce every conflict to a simple morality play, as Hlavacik repeatedly shows.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morality play
Noun
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Pine Valley, our narrative home.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Digwa was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, concluding a case that the far-right has co-opted for its false narrative that British institutions, including the police, are biased against White Britons.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Copyright © 2026 by Sharon Blackie DR SHARON BLACKIE is an award-winning and internationally bestselling author, and a psychologist with a background in mythology and folklore.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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That mythology is why the powder-throwing is playful rather than aggressive.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Another myth concerns interest rates.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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The result is a quieter map of Europe — one shaped by myth, food, architecture and history that most tourists never reach.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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“Morality play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morality%20play. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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