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morality plays

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plural of morality play

as in narratives

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This perspective suggests that structural partisan advantage and voter registration patterns were decisive factors, countering narratives that place determinative weight on late-campaign tactical gambits.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Mike Marinella, an NRCC spokesperson, pushed back on Democratic midterm narratives.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 26 July 2026

Definition of narratives

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But the filmmaker proves more interested in interrogating that ethos than recreating it, and few horror mythologies are better suited to exploring betrayal and regret than one built around the refusal to let the dead remain dead.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
The threads that formed country music The American West generated its own mythologies.

— Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of mythologies

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Host Karina Longworth strips away the sanitized studio myths of Old Hollywood, offering meticulously researched, creative nonfiction that portrays famous icons as relatable, flawed human beings rather than untouchable legends.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
In a country stubbornly attached to myths about the military’s positive transformative power, Platner presented a stark counterfactual.

— Jasper Craven, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

Definition of myths

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Both lefties, Skubel (6 feet 3, 220) is much bigger than Dalkowski (5-11, 175) and may throw as hard, but has yet to take a hitter’s ear off, to reference one of the tall tales associated with him.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
High-profile cameos from Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider help these parodies retain the spirit of the original tales, and in a true indication of quality, King is rumored to have praised it.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

Definition of tales

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Howe and his players were automatically enshrined as club legends.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Ironically, in what several key movie-making legends have decried and lamented as a self-destructive move, Hollywood has been training the audience not to head out to theaters, but instead to wait patiently at home.

— Adam Aron, Variety, 29 July 2026

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