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rune

noun

ˈrün

Definition of rune

as in poem

a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect wrote many mournful runes after her lover's untimely death

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Recent Examples of rune Around 965, Harald Bluetooth completed Denmark's conversion to Christianity, as commemorated on the Jelling rune stone. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 Dec. 2025 The hot, scarred night of Mustafar is never-changing, the cave lit by the eternal glow of the ancient runes. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025 Reading the runes of the Apple special event invites is always interesting. — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 The speculation about the new album has been accompanied by a recent revamp of F+TM’s official website, which was wiped and updated with a landing page spotlighting a cryptic rune featuring two capital T’s along with four surrounding moon phases over a picture of a windswept field. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rune

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Director Ivan Uryvskyi is candid about how the play recasts the ancient poem’s themes of return and those trapped in exile and captivity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
In another poem, Martial suggests that a writer seeking fame should copy his works on the toilet walls for all to read.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

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Back in 2015, Parton and her team buried a chestnut box filled with physical copies of a brand new song in two formats, cassette and CD, along with their corresponding players, under her Dollywood DreamMore Resort and Spa.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
The song, famously written by Parton as an emotional farewell to her mentor Porter Wagoner and his show, topped the country chart in 1974.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

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