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legend

[lej-uhnd] / ˈlɛdʒ ənd /




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The car had high wheel arches and soft suspension, letting it travel across a ploughed field or rough roads - as legend would have it, without breaking a tray of duck eggs.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

“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

The 55-year-old magician spent decades performing a trick once dismissed as legend, and still keeps photographs and newspaper clippings from his years of international fame.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In this masterpiece of Japanese painting, Shōhaku visualizes his version of an old Chinese legend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

That night as their boat took Nat and Captain Prince across Funchal Bay to the Astrea, Nat was still thinking about the legend of Machico.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Derek 'Rocky' Turner, Neil Fox MBE, Don Fox, Harold Poynton, Ken Rollin... all legends of the 1960s and an era when all the silverware found its way to WF1.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The anonymous account, whose picture resembled a "Jujutsu Kaisen" character dubbed by Tsuda, combined images and seemingly AI-generated speech about urban legends, occult phenomena and conspiracy theories.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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

To much of the town, hearing about these things, it was simply a case of the legend adding to itself, doing what legends do.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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