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For the team behind "Onwards and Sideways," the film was essentially an ode to life.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The 85,976-strong crowd went through their celebratory songbook, dusting off their Cranberries-inspired ode to head coach Rassie Erasmus.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The book, which offers strategies for navigating the metaphorical mouse maze, is really an ode to adaptability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
An ode to the ecstasy of Scrabble: Do you love hearing someone talk about something they’re really passionate about and know very well, in great intimate detail?
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
The most brilliant of the visions was the stars and moon spinning around each other in a glittering sky, an ode to the Gran’s real name, Knox—an ancient word that meant night.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Indiana is in many ways a liminal state, the place you pass through between scruffy Cleveland and business-like Chicago, with little to inspire romantic odes to home.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Two horror-movie odes are “Chain Saw,” which has the LP’s fastest tempo at nearly 180 beats per minute, and “I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement,” a romp on the fear of subterranean creepiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Wallen sings catchy odes to Tennessee; Bryan goes for heartfelt tributes to Oklahoma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Football "cannot be boosted by singing odes or telling stories", he noted.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
Many odes have been composed to Queen Orlagh’s beauty, although, if she’s anything like her daughter, not to her personality.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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