epic
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These include any number of household-name technology giants whose stocks have been borne aloft to epic valuations by AI hopes and ambitions.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 14, 2026
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" sailed into a close third place, drawing another $7.4 million domestically, for an epic $1.64 billion over its nine-week global box office journey.
From Barron's β Sep. 13, 2026
We’re supposed to deploy the word epic and act like we didn’t brush our teeth and hit the hay after Shelton took the second set.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 9, 2026
Marymount rallied after dropping the first two sets 25-15, 25-11, then won 25-21 and 25-23 before an epic final set.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 9, 2026
She’s the best, most epic fast-pitch heat thrower in the state.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
He often writes with the candor of a memoirist, sharing personal moments that connect him to his subjects or to Homer’s epics.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 28, 2026
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 β 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 β 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 β Jun. 7, 2026
King praised the students who had, as he put it, “fashioned...a creative protest that is destined to be one of the glowing epics of our time....”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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