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In his words: "They showed us a whole encyclopedia of movement and positioning in football."
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Halliday: Getting to watch her was truly a privilege because she is so knowledgeable, she is an encyclopedia when it comes to this world and when it comes to Gilead and these characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The decision arrives not a moment too soon for the online encyclopedia, which has seen a deluge of hallucination-prone A.I.-written articles since ChatGPT’s launch.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
To say that “On the Altar” functions more like an encyclopedia than a monograph may sound like criticism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
He was more interested in the encyclopedia than in the domestic problem, even when he had to content himself with a scrap of meat and a little rice for lunch.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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