historic
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In Wales, the series could showcase new places, like Llanvihangel Court, which became the Holmes family’s historic countryside manor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The Roaring ’20s: Driven by easy credit and an industrial build-out of new technologies like the radio and the telephone, this historic bubble peaked on Sept. 3, 1929.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
The move, announced by the government, has been welcomed by charities and campaigners as "a truly historic moment".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
“A major landmark and historic treasure was being treated like an extreme fixer-upper on HGTV’s ‘Property Brothers,’” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
It depicts the American Revolutionas a liberation movement, a clean break not just from English domination but also from the historic corruptions of European monarchy and aristocracy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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