parable
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The same could just as unnervingly be said about “The Crucible,” Miller’s parable about the McCarthy witch hunts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Coogler’s period piece-meets-horror parable heads into Sunday’s awards ceremony with a record-breaking 16 nominations to Anderson’s 13 nods for “One Battle.”
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
A perennially resonant Gospel parable is the one about the vineyard owner with two sons whom he summoned to work on his property.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Mahapatra compares humanity's limited understanding of the universe -- or lack thereof -- to a well-known parable.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026
“Wed, I want to ted you another parable now.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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