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alliteration

[uh-lit-uh-rey-shuhn] / əˌlɪt əˈreɪ ʃən /




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“A little alliteration was probably involved as well—‘Pit Bull Pollack,’” said Stephen Braga, who worked with Pollack at the Miller, Cassidy firm.

From The Wall Street Journal

And as Herndon pointed out, “in time Lincoln’s style changed: he became more eloquent but with less gaudy ornamentation. He grew in oratorical power, dropping gradually the alliteration and rosy metaphor of youth.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Daniels: That was really about the alliteration of the Toledo Truth Teller.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Institute,” a 2019 novel by Stephen King, Maine’s Master of the Macabre — or horror, I just said macabre for the alliteration — has become a miniseries with some major additions and minor emendations.

From Los Angeles Times

He named the brand Merch Motel because he found the phrase descriptive and liked its alliteration.

From Los Angeles Times