proverbial
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It became known as The Proverbial Experience, which Briggs describes as an “African-centered, womanist series of spiritual gatherings to nourish the soul.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024
When I asked what “naturally integrated information” might look like, he told me about the project of a classmate, John Kestner, called “The Proverbial Wallet.”
From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2017
At the MIT Media Lab’s Information Ecology Group, where they met and started collaborating, Kestner created the Proverbial Wallets, which connect up to banking information and respond in the physical world.
From Forbes • Dec. 2, 2011
It was also public relations for his magnum opus, Proverbial Philosophy, a galaxy of truisms dressed up in a slipslop rhythmic prose.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet thou, my worthy William Hawkes, Hast beaten Nightingale by chalks,— And, years ago, your friends for fame Have given you Martin Tapper's name, Because you constantly were heard Quoting Proverbial word for word!
From My Life as an Author by Tupper, Martin Farquhar
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Bridge to Terabithia
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