parables
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His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
But among contemporary socio-economic parables, Mr. Park’s latest is an amusingly cutting one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
I was so green in the world that I hadn’t accepted there could be parables without a moral, questions without an answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
But Martin’s stories, along with being informed by actual history, are parables of power struggles among the ruling classes.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
The boy was brought before the chief and asked if he knew us and if he had ever heard us speak parables in the white man’s language.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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