placid
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In the midst of the soccer World Cup in Germany in 2006, 35-year-old Roger Bennett found himself at the wedding of a friend in Lake Placid, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Each Olympic sport has had its iconic American triumphs too: Who can forget the 1992 basketball “Dream Team” in Barcelona, or the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” in Lake Placid?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
The Americans won the men's Olympic ice hockey gold since the 'Miracle on Ice' victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Lake Placid Games.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
It is the first time since the 'Miracle on Ice' at Lake Placid in 1980 that the USA's men have won Olympic gold.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
It turned out that the person who had written this letter was Eliot Rosewater, Billy’s friend in the veterans’ hospital near Lake Placid.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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