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The Tractor Boys' new home kit takes inspiration from the Sir Bobby Robson and Sir Alf Ramsey stands at Portman Road, with a motif copying the one that runs across the roof of the stadium.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

A.I. has been a key motif of Leo’s nascent papacy, from early speeches to advisory groups to the reception of tech execs who’ve approached the holy man on their own.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

“Girl” is the only example in this series to feature his best-known motif: a little girl reaching wistfully for a drifting balloon, Gouzer said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Ever since, skin bones have remained a recurring motif in evolution.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026

A standard motif in science fiction and UFO literature assumes extraterrestrials roughly as capable as we.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

More elaborate designs, including hatched bands, grids, and diamond-shaped motifs, also showed evidence of rotation, translation, repetition, and "embedding," i.e., the ability to build hierarchical levels of signs within the same surface.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Are the women in Vermeer’s light-filled interiors cryptic embodiments of Collegiant doctrine or secularized Jesuit motifs?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Featuring bat wing motifs and references to Osbourne's career, it has become closely associated with the heavy metal star's farewell performance in his home city.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

In this context, Ms. Fletcher argues, guns could be “domesticated” by being richly decorated with motifs inspired by ancient history and myth, incorporating both classical and Christian themes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Just as the period’s architects designed buildings from the same limited collection of motifs and shapes, Haydn and his contemporaries were designing music from a similarly limited catalogue.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall