trope
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Moore said she also felt the scandalous essay “perpetuates this silly trope that women can’t be supportive of one another” and that women, specifically mothers, are “inherently petty” and committed to “one-up each other.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Male actors playing female roles were a familiar trope across global theatre, from Europe to Japan and China.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Now through their LP “Free Spirits,” they continue to comment on the trope of the burned-out, exhausted artist who through a soul-stripping retreat can find renewal once again.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Magazines, of course, didn’t originate the longstanding trope of a new year as a site of reinvention, clean slates, new leaves.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026
“It’s just, all the girls were losing their shit over you guys, and I just. She tossed the shell back into the ocean. “I’m immune to the romantic pirate trope.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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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