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rhyme

[rahym] / raɪm /


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Not only does she talk, but she recites venerable nursery rhymes, backward.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

“I don’t have a rhyme or reason for the words I make up,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

The horn arrangement is solid, the lyrics are not—the clunky “Is it your eyes that light my sky?” sounds like it was written backward starting with the obvious rhyme.

From The Wall Street Journal

Handsome and dynamic, an orator with a flair for memorable rhyme, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was the first Black candidate for president to attract a major following.

From Los Angeles Times