| "Fake dating" and "enemies to lovers," e.g., in rom-coms |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2025 |
| Movie cliches |
Universal |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Familiar devices |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Figures of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Recurring themes that parts of prose portray, on reflection |
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| Poster somehow conveying figurative uses of words (6) |
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| Tired old sayings |
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| Figures of speech |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2022 |
| He abandons what experts know for such motifs |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Jun 2022 |
| Figurative expressions translated by 11, 21, and 27, say, apart from first page |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 May 2022 |
| Recurring themes |
Premier Sunday |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Film conventions |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Nov 2021 |
| Elevated recreation involving English figures of speech |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Cellphones not finding any service and mirror-based jump scares, e.g., in horror films |
The Washington Post Sunday |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Figures of speech |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2021 |
| Figures of speech |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2021 |
| Recurrent themes |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Metaphors, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2019 |
| Metaphors, e.g |
The Washington Post |
09 Feb 2019 |
| Metaphors, e.g. |
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| Figures of speech |
The Washington Post Sunday |
22 Apr 2018 |
| Linguistic figures recalled area away from coastal town |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Jun 2017 |
| Training montages, underdog victories, etc., in sports movies |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2017 |
| Training montages, underdog victories, etc., in sports movies |
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| Recurring themes |
Premier Sunday |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Recurrent themes |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Recurrent themes |
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| Figures of speech |
Universal |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Figures of speech |
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| Figures of speech |
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| Similes and metaphors and such |
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| Figures of speech |
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| Rhetorical devices |
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| Metaphors, e.g. |
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| Metaphors et al. |
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| Figures of speech |
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| Figures of speech |
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| Words used figuratively |
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| Figurative uses of words |
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| Figures of speech |
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| Literary devices |
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| Figures of speech |
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| Similes, e.g. |
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| Metaphors. |
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| Figures of speech. |
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