award
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In February, a tearful Dean climbed the steps to the Grammy stage, floofy white skirt trailing behind her, to accept the award for best new artist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The combined award amounts to about 5% of the more than $8 million in fees and costs Lively had requested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Fernandes, who joined the club from Sporting Lisbon in January 2020, beat Arsenal trio Gabriel Magalhaes, David Raya, and Declan Rice and Man City attackers Cherki and Erling Haaland to the award.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
She won one Primetime Emmy and was nominated for two Oscars, six Golden Globe awards and a Tony award.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
How could he give the award to a boy with such wild notions as this?
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
The various comedy awards handed out in the final week, also offer a shortlist for those attending the TV festival.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
I spoke to her only once a few years ago as she and Garth Brooks were hyping a country-music awards show they were set to co-host.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Growing up in Berlin, he collected academic awards and distinguished himself as one of the country’s brightest young scientific minds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
She won one Primetime Emmy and was nominated for two Oscars, six Golden Globe awards and a Tony award.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Fadi skimmed over the page and saw that the results of the competition would be announced December first, and the awards ceremony would take place in San Francisco the following week or so.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Shares in Norwegian industrial investment group Aker jumped after its Nscale portfolio company was awarded a $45 billion contract for artificial-intelligence computing power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In March, a California jury awarded $6 million to a woman who alleged that Meta’s and YouTube’s addictive features caused her anxiety and depression.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
In 2023, the American Library Assn. awarded the singer-songwriter, book lady and philanthropist its highest honor — lifetime membership — to recognize her lasting impact on literacy and inspiring a love of reading in children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
In 2025, and having being diagnosed with dementia, he was awarded the highest honour, a knighthood by King Charles.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Of all the trophies, it was the two Keys to the City awarded to them by the mayor of Fry that filled Otto with the most pride.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
If approved, North Northamptonshire Council will tender the contract and anticipate awarding it in November.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
This spring, DRL staff were initially told to begin the process of awarding funds to Lex Libertas, a South African organization founded by a prominent member of the nation’s white Afrikaner movement.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
If VAR had been available, Scottish referee Hugh Dallas could have corrected the missed call, awarding a penalty and giving Frings a red card, expelling him for the final 40 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Arise has repeatedly denied accusations of fraud and/or corruption in the awarding of public contracts, notably in Gabon and Chad.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
In addition to celebrating the year's graduates, the school, like many colleges, recognizes special people by awarding them with honorary doctorates.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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