allusion
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Mr. Macfarlane’s Norwegian allusion typifies this feast of a book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Paz has so far emphasized the need for dialogue but not ruled out using "constitutional instruments" to end the blockade of La Paz -- an allusion to declaring a state of emergency.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
“A move away from the layered, the blobby, the clean — to something with more illusion of or allusion to an id.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
He might hope the odd allusion jogs a memory; no more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
“Fate” being the writer’s coy allusion to marriage.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
“For generations, it provided a common stock of references and allusions, rivaled only by Shakespeare in this respect,” the late writer Christopher Hitchens wrote in a 2011 essay on the King James Version.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
I saw a lot of allusions and references in your lyrics and videos to “trashy icons,” like Lindsay Lohan with the Chanel purse ankle monitor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
"It touched on so much in terms of thematic material and musical material," Kehrer said, pointing to the allusions to decolonization and use of traditional Puerto Rican rhythms.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
I am always impressed with his biblical allusions, apt and unforced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
There are no early sources for his story except a few brief allusions in Hesiod, in the eighth or ninth century.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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