accolade
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After winning multiple trophies earlier this year at the Grammys, including album of the year for “Débi Tirar Más Fotos,” he can add another accolade: Emmy winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
It was the third major individual accolade of his career, having won the Ballon d'Or in 2023 and then Uefa Euro 2024 Player of the Tournament after Spain's final triumph against England two years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
But for range and ambition, John Dos Passos’ three-volume magnum opus makes a claim to the accolade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
In 2017, the actress was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and in 2023, she was awarded the Bafta Fellowship, the British Academy's highest accolade for a career on screen.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
You had to be rude at least sometimes and edgy often to be credited with “personality,” and without that accolade no one at Devon could be anyone.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
If industry accolades and positive responses aren’t a measure of success, one can surmise that Netflix no longer cares if its users enjoy what they’re watching, only that they keep watching.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Winn had repeatedly claimed The Salt Path was the first book she had written, and which she won a number of accolades for, including a £10,000 prize for a debut novelist or non-fiction writer.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In fact, there is only one obvious precedent for a player with James’s accolades making this kind of sacrifice, and it’s a comparison he would prefer to avoid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Her debut, the short story collection “Battleborn” in 2012, set her on a trajectory of accolades; 2021’s “I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness,” was an L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
What no one, most of all Palmer, could have realized at the time was that the accolades the raids received would soon be replaced by pointed criticism.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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