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rune

noun

ˈrün

Definition of rune

as in poem

a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect wrote many mournful runes after her lover's untimely death

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Recent Examples of rune The symbol for Bluetooth comes from a combination of two ancient Nordic runes, or symbols, for the king’s initials. — Shreyas Sen, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026 The film had a messy production history that resulted in two different cuts, one of which ends strangely with Rudd's character stopping the slasher villain Michael Myers with rune stones. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 5 June 2026 Around 965, Harald Bluetooth completed Denmark's conversion to Christianity, as commemorated on the Jelling rune stone. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 Dec. 2025 The speculation about the new album has been accompanied by a recent revamp of F+TM’s official website, which was wiped and updated with a landing page spotlighting a cryptic rune featuring two capital T’s along with four surrounding moon phases over a picture of a windswept field. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rune

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Spiro borrows part of that message from the famous poet Nikki Giovanni, who recorded her poem of that same name as a song in 1975 with producer Arif Mardin, making for the only sample or interpolation on the album.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 3 July 2026
Helena Bonham Carter, there’s a TikTok of her reading a Mary Oliver poem.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 July 2026

Definition of poem

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The search for the opening song stretched into the final weeks before filming, with Kittrell, Dries and pilot director Jason Moore trading ideas over text.

— Angelina Mazza, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
That passion was evident throughout the evening as supporters periodically broke into song.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026

Definition of song

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