legend
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“But it was very different. I had the orphanage, I had the legend of the fetuses and a ghost; and I had the devil live in the monastery.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"So every player on the pitch is looking to swap with him. It's the first time a legend has bowed out with a special edition shirt."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Manager Pat Murphy joked that it was the doing of late Brewers legend Bob Uecker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Heim, 24, often races cars for 23XI Racing, owned by Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan, and will drive for the team full-time next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
He remembered a Greek legend about a girl on an island....Maybe one of his friends had mentioned it?
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Free books for 150 red phone box libraries are being made available to celebrate 100 years of two British legends - Winnie-the-Pooh and the K2 red phone box.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
"I think he is one of the great legends in tech and business," says Alex Karp, CEO of data-analytics specialist Palantir.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Here we see the real history butting up against the expected fantasy of Norse legends, warriors and gods.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Around half of the 6,000-or-so crowd members who showed up by 6 p.m. for the three-band bill, headlined by heavy metal legends Iron Maiden, raise their hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
His was the first of a flood of musical responses to the two legends in ensuing decades.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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