rhyme
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Its name is inspired by the nursery rhyme Old Mother Goose, reflecting the idea of an ancient goose emerging from the mud of a fossil deposit.
From Science Daily β Jul. 11, 2026
Their lead single “Fabienk” is studded with hair-trigger riffs — if you can even call them that — that mix the playful nursery rhyme melodies of Battles with the no-wave drone of Sonic Youth.
From Salon β Jun. 5, 2026
But the leverage dynamics rhyme strongly, and Shin’s entire intellectual project has been to arrest leverage booms before they tip over.
From MarketWatch β Jun. 4, 2026
In the shadow of the towers, a space now plays host to the library's rhythm and rhyme classes for children.
From BBC β May 28, 2026
There is no right or wrong way to add body percussion to enhance the rhyme; it is all in the ear of the beholder!
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
The problem with the 2030s is that it rhymes with the 1930s, which was a horrible period for geopolitical crises.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 26, 2026
Certainly anything in the realm of credit that even rhymes with 2008 is something investors should naturally be concerned about.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 13, 2026
Dixon's fast-paced rhymes helped the songs stand out on the radio, and she became known for phrases such as "We're coming back strong", "M-I-S-T-double-E-Q", "Away we go" and "Enter!"
From BBC β May 22, 2026
Not that I’m caterwauling about lost Lloyd Webber rhymes, but the musical numbers start to pile up.
From Los Angeles Times β May 1, 2026
Nobody can resist this style of music, with its hypnotizing beats and poetic rhymes.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
There, one song evoked a musical conception he had imagined but never achieved—“it dealt with space, and a logic that rhymed and was almost obtuse,” Mr. Batiste once told me.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 19, 2026
It was cheerful and rhymed but lacked oomph.
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 3, 2025
In 2002, he even made fun of the situation with the self-deprecating I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen, in which the title rhymed with the lyric "Mr Spielberg look just what you're missing".
From BBC β Dec. 15, 2024
There are, in fact, some rather disturbing rhymed couplets, if you will.
From Salon β Jul. 30, 2024
Beat Box and Boom Box’s real names rhymed.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
MS Now‘s Jacob Soboroff played Mamdani the rhyming boast that begin’s “My mayor’s Muslim, my bagel’s Jewish.”
From Salon β Jun. 14, 2026
A relatively anonymous take on Dua Lipa's dance-pop, it loses points for rhyming "fire" with "desire" - but I can't get it out of my head.
From BBC β May 8, 2026
Until we see persistent, continual job losses over a long period of time across the entire economy, the safe bet is that history is simply rhyming.
From Barron's β Mar. 27, 2026
Cheerful illustrations accompanied by rhyming text enumerate little acts of love over the course of a day, from early-morning wake-ups to indulging requests for one more bedtime lullaby.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jan. 23, 2026
I took the Bible, pencil, paper, and a rhyming dictionary and tried to write verses for hymns.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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Poetry: Literary Devices
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