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tableau

noun as in scene, often painted

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Thanks, baseball, for creating the tableau for the Dodgers’ 13 most memorable playoff moments, one for every win, one for every scream, one for every occasion when you thought it couldn’t get any crazier.

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The overeager holiday helper — that perennial character in the Thanksgiving tableau.

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It can all seem so flawless in that golden moment before the guests arrive, though the presence of actual people quickly complicates any Thanksgiving tableau.

“We have made three tableaux vivant of ancient Rome,” Alexander finished.

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It’s a fleeting tableau, but it reveals the whole story: even the most forsaken creation reaches for connection the moment he’s given something warm to hold in his hands.

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