legend
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The 37-year-old Essex legend, who once considered playing for England, will be crucial.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Jean-Luc Picard, he wrote, would be a revered Starfleet legend who “deserves the description ‘distinguished’ despite being only in his youthful fifties.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Her father and mother had divorced, but Juan Fernandez’s legend had been fixed — a brawling union leader and New Mexico state legislator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
He also corrected Scott's pronunciation of Brazil legend Socrates' name and admitted he wanted fellow Frenchman Kylian Mbappe to beat Kane to the top prize.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
John Faulkner, of the Lick Observatory in California, has suggested an interpretation of these remarks which flies in the face of the Newton legend, but closely matches Newton’s known character.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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“Having a song with the legends of Intocable is such a thrill for me,” said Musgraves in a press release on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Free books for 150 red phone box libraries are being made available to celebrate 100 years of two British legends - Winnie-the-Pooh and the K2 red phone box.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Derek 'Rocky' Turner, Neil Fox MBE, Don Fox, Harold Poynton, Ken Rollin... all legends of the 1960s and an era when all the silverware found its way to WF1.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The anonymous account, whose picture resembled a "Jujutsu Kaisen" character dubbed by Tsuda, combined images and seemingly AI-generated speech about urban legends, occult phenomena and conspiracy theories.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
If the legends were true, their quest would become ten times more dangerous.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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