legend
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During some of Parton's earliest performances, her uncle, Bill Owens, accompanied her on the guitar - formative years for the future music legend.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Country star Kacey Musgraves took to X to mourn the passing of a legend.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
When the song was finished, legend long had it, Parton wasn’t done working.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He also paid to catch passes from NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Drew Brees, and to return a serve from tennis legend John McEnroe.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
According to legend, a young Shawnee couple slipped away to spend time alone.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
The book expands outward, creating an enormous system of stories orbiting the sisters’ lives and legends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Niewiadoma-Phinney, who is married to Taylor Phinney, son of U.S. cycling legends Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter-Phinney, found herself under siege by Vollering’s team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Fans wrapped around the concourse and emptied the merchandise stand before the delayed first pitch and witnessed a torch passing between the league’s current players and past women’s baseball legends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
But this was a sign of the new head coach recognising the legends of the club and the weight they still carry.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
I relished the sight of high schoolers mingling with contemporary artists like John Legend, Justin Timberlake, and Alison Krauss as well as legends like Smokey Robinson and Patti LaBelle.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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