personification
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John is the personification of Clough on the pitch, he played the way Clough wanted to play and knew exactly what Clough wanted.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
“To have that personification . . . and her house was such a tribute to that too . . .”
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025
When the personification of Mandrex asks her why she’s allowing him to make a film about the end of her life, Maria tells him that she wants an aria as part of her third act.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024
To the public, he is the chiseled personification of national virtue.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
But then, when I was the personification of evil, I was going through it.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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