as in poem
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
wrote many mournful runes after her lover's untimely death
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Recent Examples of rune
Reading the runes of the Apple special event invites is always interesting.
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The speculation about the new album has been accompanied by a recent revamp of F+TM’s official website, which was wiped and updated with a landing page spotlighting a cryptic rune featuring two capital T’s along with four surrounding moon phases over a picture of a windswept field.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
Further in the campaign, the shield is imbued with runes that give it other ways to attack.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
Image Wagner boasted the sledgehammer as its symbol, a rune that denoted Russian power.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The speculation about the new album has been accompanied by a recent revamp of F+TM’s official website, which was wiped and updated with a landing page spotlighting a cryptic rune featuring two capital T’s along with four surrounding moon phases over a picture of a windswept field.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
Further in the campaign, the shield is imbued with runes that give it other ways to attack.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
Image Wagner boasted the sledgehammer as its symbol, a rune that denoted Russian power.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rune
Noun
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The Iliad tells the story of the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Achilles, who sulks in his tent for most of the poem before rejoining the fight and turning the tide.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Her stories, poems, and essays have been anthologized in The Best American Essays, The Breakbeat Poets Vol.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Seconds later, Siwa was back to performing a song about her haters, wearing a homemade jersey bedazzled with her own name.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The song combines love at first sight, drugs, and death.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Rune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rune. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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