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The rules also state shows must have a minimum of 60 episodes over at least five seasons to be eligible, which excludes big shows like “Ted Lasso” or “Succession,” for example.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
"We've been going every six weeks since, and he now goes into the big salon. If you'd have said that when he was five, I'd have never believed it."
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
Hewlett Packard went public in 1957, and “Silicon Valley” soon entered the lingo as a term for big tech and big valuations.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Pick up small messes without lugging out the big vacuum—see our top handheld-vacuum picks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
Then, in 1852, he meets a stranger in Hanover who has big plans to set up a stagecoach line in South America between Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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