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Though the series was inspired by Manning’s stunt, it’s fed by some well-traveled, conventional tropes.

Wendy thwarts that in accordance with the third trope: the hero returning to save someone weaker than she is.

From Salon

He says the issue of leaves on the line "has become a trope of British railways" but it actually affects railways across the world.

From BBC

Platforms have filled with conspiracy theories, racist tropes and threats of violence all week.

The interviews that followed, laced with antisemitic tropes about Jewish control of media and money.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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