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He arranged the private screening to symbolically request Robert De Niro’s blessing to play the dangerously charismatic Max Cady, an ex-con parched for revenge against those who had a hand in his imprisonment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
These locations often involve an encounter with atmospheres that feel emotionally, symbolically or existentially charged.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Muslim faithful took part in the climactic ritual of the annual hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday, symbolically stoning the devil near Mecca.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Last week’s 190,000 barrel distillate stock build following six straight weekly draws was “small but symbolically meaningful,” Noel-Beswick says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
And I submit, then, that the racial tensions that menace Americans today have little to do with real antipathy—on the contrary, indeed—and are involved only symbolically with color.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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