boldface
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In the early 2000s, England’s so-called Golden Generation was undone by simmering rivalries between the boldface names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
He has tangled with authorities in multiple states and broadcasts his moves on social media, including to boldface followers like Loomer and the musician Moby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
They are among the boldface names from Los Angeles who have emerged in the latest dump from the Epstein files.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Not only are viewers watching boldface names eat, they’re also watching them eat foods that are considered distasteful — which goes against the prim and proper image that celebrities are expected to uphold.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024
The countries were arranged by continent, six to a page, with the capitals in boldface, followed by a short entry on the population, government, and other statistics.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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The text of “Service Ready” comes laced with boldfaced aphorisms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
But Specktor is trying to do something subtler and more slippery than cataloging boldfaced names and bellyaching about how commerce has strangled art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
But it’s unclear how much the streaming service, known for specials by boldfaced names like John Mulaney and Adam Sandler, cares about minting stars.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
The two became not only financial associates but social pals, traveling on Low’s jet with bevies of other boldfaced names to parties all over the world.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023
Newspapers ran long articles on Cynodon dactylon and the editors of their garden sections were roused from the somnolence into which they had sunk upon receiving their appointment and shoved into doubleleaded boldfaced position.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
Rather it’s a purposefully rousing homage to the ideals of journalistic independence, governmental accountability and gender equality that isn’t averse to underlining, italicizing and boldfacing why those principles are more important than ever.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2017
He says Indeed tried to find a way to keep it on the label just by boldfacing the first letters of Lavender Sunflower Date.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2016
But when historians chronicle the early 2000s, Hurlburt gambles, they’ll be boldfacing “War on Terror” in their textbooks.
From Time ● Feb. 15, 2013
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