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This time the 11-10 favorite found himself on the wrong side of a five-horse photo finish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
I’m highlighting a collaboration that shows how in tune she was with every generation and peeking at a few of my favorite covers.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
In 2012, Black paid $120 million for one of his favorite pieces, an Edvard Munch pastel of “The Scream,” which he sees as the opening salvo in the art world’s Modernist movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Another victory would be the gelding’s seventh stakes win here, extending the record he set last month in the Eddie Read Stakes, which Koch and Fenton, in separate interviews, ranked among their favorite performances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Are you worried that if you don’t get your beauty rest you won’t be Luc’s favorite anymore?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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It may not be destined for a place alongside those favorites, but “Emily” has a wonky charisma all its own that just might satisfy fans of those British charmers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
One of his favorites was a beaten-up copy of a 1998 bestseller titled “Who Moved My Cheese?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
They borrow the vocabulary of that relationship — we remember you; we know your favorites; we missed you — while removing the reciprocal part entirely.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Faivre said the secret to recipes for family favorites is often lots of fat, salt and sugar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
She then fills the banchan plates with more of my favorites.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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