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storyline

[stawr-ee-lahyn] / ˈstɔr iˌlaɪn /


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Insider Gaming called it "the best campaign ever created", while Eurogamer Germany described it as "a true action blockbuster", despite a "weak storyline".

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

But their relationship can grow by spending time together outside of the main crime and life-on-the-run storyline – through shopping, visiting bars and restaurants and working out together.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But the storyline is also baroque, the filmmaking is kinetic and the corruption it alleges is epic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

And yet the movie’s central storyline hints at writer-director Bassam Tariq’s inclination to subvert his own brooding-antihero saga, allowing room for unpredictability and the slightest whiff of impish irreverence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

I asked him if he could talk to his boss about killing the Burned Beauty’s Beau storyline.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Alternating titles in the series follow different storylines, and the Modern Warfare strand has produced some of Call of Duty's most beloved characters.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Gamers could marry villagers in Harvest Moon in 1996, shape emotional storylines in Final Fantasy VII and pursue more complex romances in role-playing games like Baldur's Gate II.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The novel’s ending, when Sigurd finally reappears and the two storylines converge, is wonderfully done.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The number of storylines begin to stack up by the second, but it’s no one’s job to remember them all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Likewise, extended dance forms such as ballet didn’t become separated from storylines until the mid-twentieth century.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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