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It gets pretty chilly at night in Las Vegas when the grand prix is on, and the track surface there is especially non-abrasive.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It is possible that Hearn could request an investigation into whether the grand jury was misled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Legal experts said any claim by Hearn could be complicated by the grand jury indictment against him, which the Justice Department could point to as insulating its decision to bring a prosecution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Last month, a Los Angeles County civil grand jury report found L.A.’s budget shortfalls and dwindling zoo membership would make it difficult to maintain the zoological park in the long term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
We would walk through its tree-lined campus, peek into college classrooms, and admire its magnificent chapel with its vaulted ceiling, grand columns, and multicolored stained glass.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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Hamilton out-qualified Leclerc only seven times last year across all qualifying sessions, over 24 grands prix and six sprints.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
It’s not to be confused with Apple TV’s sports offerings, such as MLS matches, Formula One grands prix, or Friday baseball.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026
The average for 2025's 24 grands prix, discounting sprints, was 66.9.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Meadows calls the domaine’s namesake wine an aggregator of the top qualities of all the grands crus, Burgundy’s top-tier vineyards, forming a mystical combination of aromatics and liquid silk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
“Sorry about that. I’ve got my grands for the summer.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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Vienna's heurigers range from a few tables set up in the open air to grander affairs resembling restaurants.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
What stood out most was and is their profound appreciation for a grander inspirational source: the world of Studio Ghibli, brought to life by Hayao Miyazaki.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Eschewing grander historical parallels, Vaez calls the current situation a "plastic moment", pregnant with possibility as old adversaries contemplate a different set of relationships.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The presidents were chosen by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who initially had grander plans for the memorial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
If Smith could get the horse into a race on the weekend of February 9, he would have time enough to run him once more before the hundred- grander.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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West Ham forward Hurst scored a fabulous hat-trick as the Three Lions clinched the game's grandest prize for the only time in their history - and on home soil.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
BBC Scotland charts the rise of a modern-day Scotland great, from Clydebank council pitches to football's grandest stage.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Spielberg turned one of science fiction’s grandest ideas — first contact with alien life — into the story of a boy and his weird little space-faring goblin best friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“It’s fair to say that we haven’t seen yet the spark of genius that you could attribute to some of the grandest proofs in the history of humanity,” Bubeck told me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
By the time Cleopatra was born, Alexandria had become the largest and grandest city in the world.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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