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Recent Examples of wordplay
Where his wordplay leaves you guessing, the passion comes through in his rumbling baritone, peppered with heartrending micro-modulations as breathy sighs and murmurs escape his throat.
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Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Maxo, on the other hand, raps a longer verse in his signature cadence and displays some intricate wordplay.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2024
In fact, the writers and artists have a WhatsApp group dedicated to coming up with English-language alternatives to any wordplay in the original French scripts.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
Some of the film’s winking references are more esoteric than others, and a lot of wordplay and in-jokes are potentially lost on a non-Japanese audience: some of them are, according to the subtitles on my copy, basically untranslatable.
—Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
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Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Maxo, on the other hand, raps a longer verse in his signature cadence and displays some intricate wordplay.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2024
In fact, the writers and artists have a WhatsApp group dedicated to coming up with English-language alternatives to any wordplay in the original French scripts.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
Some of the film’s winking references are more esoteric than others, and a lot of wordplay and in-jokes are potentially lost on a non-Japanese audience: some of them are, according to the subtitles on my copy, basically untranslatable.
—Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordplay
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Black Dog was a case of the latter, with dark humor framing its gritty tale of an ex-con returning to his rural hometown to start his life again.Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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This is an authorized telling, written with the participation of its subject, who contributes comments with restrained candor and wry, arch wit.David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
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The women in my family are known for their wit and their grit, but not exactly their warmth and sensitivity.Blake Cale, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
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The riffs and ribbing were still there, as were the parables about fame and celebrity as corruptive, murder-inspiring forces.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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The wide hem is made with gorgeous ribbing that completes the look, and the sweater is even double discounted to just $37 for a limited time.Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Wordplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordplay. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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