allusion
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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 10-year-old child who doesn't understand a joke or an allusion, it's not a big deal. They will understand it at 15, 20, or 40 years old. There are several levels of interpretation."
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
The allusion to economic justifications for the Confederacy’s inhumane cruelty is mocked and transformed, while also implying the process as Black reparation.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
And despite the fact that the story plays out less than 15 years after the end of World War II, there isn’t a single allusion to the war’s impact on the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
But now it was okay, almost required, every now and then, to make some jokey allusion to these things that lay in front of us.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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