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scene

[seen] / sin /


NOUN
part of a dramatic performance
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That is how Kevin Curreri, managing director of Kenyon Emergency Services, described the scene that met crisis staff sent to Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The scene originally had Peet’s character being recognized by someone who awkwardly can’t quite place her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Tiger Woods called President Donald Trump from the scene of his rollover crash, before he was arrested for DUI.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

Still, hundreds of families sat out under mild, cloudy skies, picnicking amid sweeping views of the snow-capped Alborz mountains -- a postcard scene at odds with a city under regular attack.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

As if he’d been thrust into a scene in the bottom of this swirling shadow.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman