baroque
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These three novellas were written in the 1920s, after the fall of the empire, and in their baroque translation by John Batki they cast back upon bygone times with wistfulness, charm and winking humor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Lately, however, there are signs that the story has entered its baroque phase, as firms have to reach further and further to meet heightened expectations, and some new efforts begin to feel overwrought.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
This dip takes its inspiration from a more baroque, arguably campy, ancestor: the seven-layer.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
At that moment, the song explodes into a baroque rock opera, all power chords and chunky harmonies, before jumping into a double-time groove that recalls Laura Branigan's 1980s hit Gloria.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
He established a network of mysterious contacts that enabled him to buy antiques, particularly baroque French porcelain, for which he had a weakness.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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