parable
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The most direct reading of this makes “The Sheep Detectives” a parable about denial and eventual acceptance following a great personal loss.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Warren Buffett’s mentor Benjamin Graham used the parable of a business owner with an emotionally unstable partner, “Mr. Market.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Nimble and inventive, with convincing special effects work, the film is a charming parable that continually finds ways to reset itself.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026
Inappropriately invoking an overused parable might make Mr. Carney sound clever, but it shows a lack of deep thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Finally, my history deserves public notice as no more than this: a parable for the life of its reader.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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