parable
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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
Mahapatra compares humanity's limited understanding of the universe -- or lack thereof -- to a well-known parable.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026
Thus, Coogler’s vampire story doubles as a parable about cultural appropriation and assimilation, one among many readings he incorporates into the movie.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025
For an animated feature, “Scarlet” is unusually ambitious: It’s a “Hamlet”-adjacent existential pacifist revenge parable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Standing there, feeling the eyes of the two hundred Muslims upon me, I heard him make a parable about me.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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