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scene

[seen] / sin /


NOUN
part of a dramatic performance
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Police arrived at the scene after the then-8-year-old girl called 911 from inside the car, Teymouri said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The supporting cast, which also includes Fiona Shaw stealing every scene as the gossipy, generous Mrs. Jennings, is terrific.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Russian drones were detected overnight not far from the scene - near Ukraine's Snake Island.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Trucks bearing the nations' flags began moving in both directions late morning, AFP reporters at the scene said, some of the North Korean vehicles decorated with flowers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Do you have a scene in mind that could use a liuqin, June?”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Protesters and anti-riot police have clashed in Albania's main cities in scenes not witnessed for decades.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Its scenes are remote, fragmentary and, like the melancholic king, perversely “expert in wasting everyone’s time.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It’s true that Zacharia’s job isn’t just to answer on-camera questions but also to work with reporters behind the scenes, credibly speak for the president, and paint the administration in a positive light.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Characters are fully voiced in some scenes, while the soundtrack, one of the original game's defining features, has been newly orchestrated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The big rat laughed insanely and ran faster: on and on, past scenes of desolation and destruction wreaked by him, Cluny the Scourge.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques


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