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drama

[drah-muh, dram-uh] / ˈdrɑ mə, ˈdræm ə /




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They punch above their weight in terms of drama and, well, media coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The opera unfolds more like a pageant than a drama.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The World Cup continues to deliver drama and unforgettable moments, and the field is now down to just four nations as we head into the semi-finals.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Chicago also has struggled mightily outside of a win against Phoenix this week and has been engulfed in drama around veteran guard Skylar Diggins, who sat out because of a knee injury.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

I like it because the drama teacher never complains about my overbusy imagination.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

It’s why she largely sinks in dramas but succeeds in comedies, where she can portray a version of herself that makes people laugh just by thinking, “Isn’t it so funny that Jennifer Aniston said that?”

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

“Those medium-sized films I loved — like courtroom dramas, family dramas — are just so hard to get made, and it is the same with something of The Odyssey’s scale too,” he told the Times.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

Her resume also includes single-episode roles in the TV dramas Charmed, ER and Touched by an Angel.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

White takes a ruthlessly entrepreneurial approach to his crime dramas, which are set in the world of street criminals he knew growing up in Harlem and target an underserved Black audience.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Similar dramas were playing out across America that week.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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