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a detailed description of a series of real or fictional events taking place over a long period of time
The saga of Beowulf recounts the hero's travels as he hunts the monster Grendel.
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Recent Examples of sagas
Elements of both trade sagas could be relevant to Yzerman’s present situation with Larkin.
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Max Bultman, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Similar sagas are unfolding in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Washington.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 24 Mar. 2026
Max Bultman, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Similar sagas are unfolding in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Washington.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sagas
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The three longtime friends, who live in adjoining apartments in South London, are about to release one of the year’s most gorgeous full-length debuts with Role Model Hermit (out July 3), a marvel of moody atmospherics, taut rhythms, and strange tales.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
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The child of alcoholics, Dreesen often referenced his rough-and-tumble upbringing in his comedy sets, telling tales of little Tommy shining shoes in the taverns of the South Side to feed his siblings.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Recent stories of the teenager shopping at a Walmart in Fort Oglethrope, Georgia, near Spain’s training base without attracting much attention illustrates the gap between soccer fame and broader American celebrity.—
Clemente Lisi,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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That makes the link between exercise and mental health one of the most actionable health stories anyone can read this week.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
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These invasion fictions took a range of forms, from short stories and pamphlets to novellas and full-length novels, and proliferated especially in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period leading up to World War I, which brought the subgenre’s brief flourishing to an end.—
Ivan Kreilkamp,
JSTOR Daily,
10 June 2026
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This pair of novellas is about a middle-aged woman, the heroine’s sister, who comes to Tokyo intent on obtaining breast implants and a protagonist contemplating artificial insemination in a culture that doubts the procedure’s morality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Players from Cape Verde who may not be well-known are now going to go down as legends for the squad from the island nation off Africa’s western coast.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Yet some of the world’s most significant scientific and medical sites have accumulated ghost stories, conspiracy theories, and paranormal legends of their own.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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“Sagas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sagas. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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