trope
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Their name is an anagram of the phrase "I'm Fearless", and those early songs channelled the girl group trope of combative, bulletproof confidence.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Gen Z and Gen Alpha aren’t so fatigued by Monkey’s Paw tales because horror’s cyclical nature hasn’t yet completely revamped this trope for a new era.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
Male actors playing female roles were a familiar trope across global theatre, from Europe to Japan and China.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Because I thought that seems like such a trope.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Parallel wording is a powerful trope, but after dying and being born, being here in my place and seeing the light of day, enough is enough.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing trope
Poetry: Literary Devices
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Rhetoric
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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