a scene

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Brett Ratner, the film’s director, doesn’t seem to understand that the music is supposed to add meaning and emotion to a scene, and the effect is “lazy and off-putting,” Nackenson argues.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

In Vynohradar, normally a sleepy neighbourhood of Kyiv, we saw a scene of utter devastation.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

"But you can't leave a scene mid-way... if it is an action scene where fighters are involved, anything can happen... it is not like shutting a laptop and working for an IT company."

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

In the process Mr. King softened Carrie’s character, cutting depictions of her as “a remorseless scourge” and removing a scene in which she destroys a Boeing 747.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“La, no Miss, but he’s had a scene with Mr. Laurie, who is in one of his tantrums about something, which vexes the old gentleman, so I dursn’t go nigh him.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott