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drama

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




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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, John, David, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the newest drama enveloping semi-royals Prince Harry and Meghan after they announced an impending move back to the UK.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2026

But Yale drama professor Christopher Bayes has a word of warning for those expecting his clowning classes to function as a form of treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

But while DeLorenzo recognizes “Enemy” as a political play, he also sees it as a complex drama about a family in crisis.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

I was expecting weeks of courtroom drama as 29 states – almost two-thirds of North America - took on one US tech giant.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

What was really just a theatrical side show was now being enshrined in memory as the defining moment in the revolutionary drama.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Searing courtroom dramas like “The Verdict,” “Dark Waters,” “The Insider,” “A Few Good Men” and “Erin Brockovich” all went into “the sauce” of the project, Green says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Young adult dramas have always been pivotal to Netflix’s programming.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Glamorous actress Rouzaina Lazkani, 36, known for television dramas, was catapulted into politics when she was among the 70 lawmakers appointed by Sharaa under the country's transitional constitutional arrangements.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

There is no oak panelling, no green leather-bound legal textbooks like the courtrooms you see on TV dramas.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Medical dramas made it even harder for me to blend in at school.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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