rhyme
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From certain angles it seems not much bigger than the shoe occupied by the old woman in the nursery rhyme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Its name is inspired by the nursery rhyme Old Mother Goose, reflecting the idea of an ancient goose emerging from the mud of a fossil deposit.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Their lead single “Fabienk” is studded with hair-trigger riffs — if you can even call them that — that mix the playful nursery rhyme melodies of Battles with the no-wave drone of Sonic Youth.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Angela Lynch takes her granddaughter, Béibhin, to the rhythm and rhyme classes on a regular basis.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
This rhyme and song is a good example of a children’s game song, which has many, many parts to it.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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The white peak of the Chimborazo rhymes with the white of a waterfall in the foreground, which serves as the focal point of the composition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Attending LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, he became friends with future rapper Dana Dane and they started writing their own rhymes.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Like amateur detectives, we learn alongside them as they click around pages about Sumerian devils, Catholic saints and the origin of the nursery rhymes “London Bridge” and “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The master and his unlikely pupil started with simple rhymes and short passages from popular British versifiers.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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“The struggles of these ordinary farming folk in rural China really rhymed with what was suddenly happening to farming folk in the U.S.A.,” says Peter Conn, emeritus professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
There are, in fact, some rather disturbing rhymed couplets, if you will.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024
Jester, troubadour, agent provocateur, Serge Gainsbourg rhymed his way through life in a fog of Gitanes smoke, making music of every genre.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
Some of his funniest quotes rhymed, including "Yum, yum, pig's bum, that was fun!" and "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!"
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023
Guyard the Green, who fancied himself a singer, diddled a harp and gave them a verse about tying lions' tails in knots, parts of which rhymed.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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MS Now‘s Jacob Soboroff played Mamdani the rhyming boast that begin’s “My mayor’s Muslim, my bagel’s Jewish.”
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
A relatively anonymous take on Dua Lipa's dance-pop, it loses points for rhyming "fire" with "desire" - but I can't get it out of my head.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Until we see persistent, continual job losses over a long period of time across the entire economy, the safe bet is that history is simply rhyming.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
Cheerful illustrations accompanied by rhyming text enumerate little acts of love over the course of a day, from early-morning wake-ups to indulging requests for one more bedtime lullaby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
For young children, the rhyme is magical as they first encounter the powerful sound of rhyming words.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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