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runes

noun

plural of rune

as in poems

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 runes The suspect's shotgun and notes both featured Nordic runes. — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 The symbol for Bluetooth comes from a combination of two ancient Nordic runes, or symbols, for the king’s initials. — Shreyas Sen, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026 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

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Text The Psalms are sacred songs, or sacred poems, originally written in Hebrew and likely meant to be sung.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Cowin has also spliced together photographs of disparate subjects — people, places and things — on broad horizontal panels that suggest narrative progression but instead register as evocative panoramic poems.

— Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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But the biggest legacy Parton leaves is her songwriting, and three songs define her more than any others.

— Wendy Hargreaves, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Video showed locals draped in Spanish flags, shouting anti-migrant slogans, and singing Spanish songs, torching the camp and throwing migrants’ belongings in the Mediterranean or into bonfires.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

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