Russian doll
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The isolation of miscarriage inside of the isolation of a pandemic was an awful Russian doll, but reading her story offered a sense of intimacy.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022
According to Kelly Goldsmith, the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Marketing at Vanderbilt University, McDonald's and Cactus Plant Flea Market essentially created collector bait through their "veritable Russian doll of scarcity marketing tactics."
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022
It’s like a Russian doll... but for video games.
From The Verge • Jun. 8, 2022
The whole edifice was built up like a Russian doll.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2021
Is “Russian Doll” a Russian doll — those increasingly smaller wooden figures that nest one inside another — past the fact that Nadia is Russian and, relatively speaking, doll-size?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2019
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