Thesaurus results for SAGA

saga

noun

as in tale

a detailed description of a series of real or fictional events taking place over a long period of time The saga of Beowulf recounts the hero's travels as he hunts the monster Grendel.

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Recent Examples of saga But the Alonso saga is about to end — at least if a prediction by popular New York radio host and former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason is correct. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 This is the first new story in the saga of the Harvard professor/renowned symbologist/Jack Ryan for cucks since 2017’s Origin. —

Emily Heller, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025 Whether that site from Freedman shows up online before Monday’s hearing is TBD, but at the rate the figurative grenades have been chucked in this ever expanding saga, don’t discount it. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025 Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for saga

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Noun

And, in Washington, the 2004 tale of love and short-term memory loss took the crown.

— Melissa Santos, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Their vocal chemistry and mutual affinity for a retro-country sound is undeniable, and this tale of an evening spent drinking, singing karaoke and hoping this dive-bar connection could turn into more serves as a perfect sonic setting.

— Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025