gold star
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"I wrote 'F1 driver.' That's the shining gold star."
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
If you’re fortunate, you’ll land some anonymous buzz, an interview and one of those goofy gold star stickers teams now post on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
“I’ll give a gold star to whoever drafted the ordinance for creativity. This is some of the most tortured legal reasoning I have ever read,” she said during a council meeting early this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
Like there’s some gold star we get for being frugal or sticking to a budget.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2024
But as the weeks rolled by and each new day of enthusiastic labor added another gold star to my shining record he began to believe: timidly at first but at last triumphantly.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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