epic
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Sabalenka beats Noskova in epic & do we need 5 sets?
From BBC â Sep. 9, 2026
Emily Wilson, the classicist who in a review eviscerated Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” isn’t done with Homer’s epic.
From Los Angeles Times â Sep. 1, 2026
The first series in 30 years between these two mighty rugby nations is shaping into an epic, with the third Test back at altitude in Soweto, Johannesburg next Saturday.
From BBC â Aug. 29, 2026
One of its more compelling chapters deals with James Macpherson, an 18th-century Scotsman who published an epic, “Fingal,” claiming to have translated the previously unknown work of a Gaelic bard named Ossian.
From The Wall Street Journal â Aug. 28, 2026
Her nerves getting the best of her, Seven began to talk nonstop and, over Thorn’s grandma Lilou’s famous fluffy pancakes, recounted the epic fight of the day before.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Although he established himself with futuristic films like “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” he showed a knack for emotional drama with 1991’s “Thelma & Louise” and for historical epics like 2000’s “Gladiator.”
From Los Angeles Times â Aug. 26, 2026
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 â Aug. 4, 2026
It’s believed to have first appeared in text in the Mahabharata, one of two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India.
From Salon â Jun. 7, 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 â May 14, 2026
For centuries, ballads, and epics were all sung, as were Biblical chants and Vedic hymns.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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