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rhyme

[rahym] / raɪm /


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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

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

“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

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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