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fable

[fey-buhl] / ˈfeɪ bəl /


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France President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to "a great artist who transformed an Iranian childhood into a universal fable".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

It doesn’t lose its way, yet doesn’t feel entirely confined to one place — a critical component that allows “Is God Is” to play like a modern biblical fable.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

And a sense that this moral fable is playing out in other groups among the 600 or so mountain gorillas who are staving off extinction in their Virunga Mountains enclave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Not far behind is Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," a vampire fable about America's difficult racial history, with five nominations.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

I meant why was she alive and not just a fable, but Gum Baby misunderstood.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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