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These slender, long-winged raptors make an epic annual migration to Africa in winter and return to Europe to nest over summer, often setting up home in agricultural fields.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Christopher Nolan's epic "The Odyssey" slipped to third, bringing in $19.5 million, down 17 percent in its sixth weekend, for a current domestic total of $539.1 million.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Like Homer’s epic, it describes a journey affected by prevailing Mediterranean winds, called here by their local names: Levante, Ponente, Scirocco, Mistral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Unnamed is publishing in five volumes over five years, “an epic publishing project for any publisher,” Heiser says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

I couldn’t have known it in the moment, but I was committing what would be deemed an epic faux pas.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Even when the record veers from its characters, strong thematic threads—many of which are borrowed from western epics of yore—remain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Even if Christopher Nolan‘s film adaptation of “The Odyssey” is a smash hit, Matt Damon doesn’t think we’ll see a boom in epics of a similar scale.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

We asked our staffers for their dreamiest expectations and they didn’t hold back: space epics, Matt Damon in a helmet and, yes, a “Jackass” movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

The network had long built its identity on adult prestige — crime sagas, antiheroes and sprawling family epics — not stories centered on high schoolers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

“Sometimes the heroes in epics are assisted by eagle kings and clever monkey princes. But it’s been quite some time. The world is rusty at being dazzling, and so...here I am.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi