legend
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Heim, 24, often races cars for 23XI Racing, owned by Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan, and will drive for the team full-time next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
She added it amused her that, out of her whole family, she had only named her cat, Kizzy, who was a "legend of those parts".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Weaving legend into history, Law evokes the “indescribable charm which invests all ancient and historic places.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Parton rose from grinding poverty to become a rhinestone-studded legend with hits like "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You."
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
It was the legend of Khosrou, the fat sleepy baby who once slept through the building next door getting bombed to pieces.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
They combined images and seemingly AI-generated speech about urban legends, occult phenomena and conspiracy theories.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 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
That season soon had many fans wondering whether the expectations for Manning—the nephew of NFL legends Peyton and Eli and grandson of College Football Hall of Famer Archie Manning—amounted to nothing more than empty hype.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
In other words, sinister clowns and predatory sea hags are just silly legends until they’re actually trying to kill you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Magic flowed through the winding streets of Piatra Neamț’, if one were to believe the legends.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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