morality plays

plural of morality play

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Noun
  • Such false narratives are dangerous.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Pushing those narratives forward for the time being means more than this weekend’s series against the Dodgers or next week’s four-game trek to Chavez Ravine.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The work interweaves South and Southeast Asian mythologies and histories with Western cultural touchstones—from canonical artists to sacred texts—often with a deliberate sense of unease.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026
  • America has its own mythologies of masculine desire, and many of them are worse.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Nseyo notes there are plenty of unsupported myths around what causes UTIs, so stick to these tips.
    Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Effective public speaking is crucial for personal branding and career advancement, a skill anyone can develop by replacing common myths with empowering mindsets.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Daily tales of war and violence around the world made one want to clench one’s fists, grit one’s teeth, and to shout out in a paean of outraged hysteria.
    Zehra Jumabhoy, Artforum, 25 June 2026
  • Hopefully, these three will be among the final cautionary tales of poor draft decisions.
    Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed fighting to exhaustion, the two aging legends will look to do the same with a round-of-16 spot on the line.
    David Hickey, NBC news, 2 July 2026
  • Now, Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon, two WNBA legends, will serve as general managers and select their rosters among the 22 All-Stars who get the opportunity to represent their teams in Chicago.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
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