legend
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But he remained the top name on Italy's most-wanted list and increasingly became a figure of legend.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
At the club that morning, Jim Gabbert, a 90-year-old member and Bay Area broadcasting legend, approached Frank and initiated a conversation that soon turned to the upcoming commodore election.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Miles Davis, in his autobiography, referred to Rollins around this time as being “a legend, almost a god to a lot of the younger musicians.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
It’s Miles Davis’ centennial, and fellow musicians discuss how the shapeshifting innovator transformed music over and over again and became more than a jazz legend.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The former chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns, and a Wall Street legend, Greenberg still kept an office at the firm and acted as a broker for a handful of presumably special investors.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing legend
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Academy Awards, List 5
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