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 ● 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 ● 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 ● 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 ● May 28, 2026
“Going to the Dannenbergs’—there was no rhyme or reason to it, was there?
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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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 ● Jun. 13, 2026
Attending LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, he became friends with future rapper Dana Dane and they started writing their own rhymes.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
One subplot heavily relies on children’s nursery rhymes and playing them backwards to find hidden messages embedded in their melodies.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Not only does she talk, but she recites venerable nursery rhymes, backward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
The words have strung themselves together into rhymes and into a flow, and I let it all come tumbling out.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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“The struggles of these ordinary farming folk in rural China really rhymed with what was suddenly happening to farming folk in the U.S.A.,” says Peter Conn, emeritus professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
There are, in fact, some rather disturbing rhymed couplets, if you will.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024
Jester, troubadour, agent provocateur, Serge Gainsbourg rhymed his way through life in a fog of Gitanes smoke, making music of every genre.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
Some of his funniest quotes rhymed, including "Yum, yum, pig's bum, that was fun!" and "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!"
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023
Good thing Boo answered, because the only thing Aru could think of that rhymed with art was fart, and that’s not a word you want to throw around when you’re talking to a legendary sage-poet.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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One story is told in rhyming couplets and another is conveyed entirely in images of paw and footprints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
MS Now‘s Jacob Soboroff played Mamdani the rhyming boast that begin’s “My mayor’s Muslim, my bagel’s Jewish.”
From Salon ● 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 ● 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 ● Mar. 27, 2026
“Perhaps I shall write some verse, as well. I rather liked the sound of those rhyming quatrains....”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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