greatness

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Brunson hadn’t exactly been marked for greatness when the Dallas Mavericks drafted him in the second round, and he spent most of his four years with the Mavs as a backup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The tale of the tape measure behind Grant’s greatness is the down-to-the inch precision of her preparation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

That loss to Russia's Egor Mekhontsev 16 years and eight months ago, before Usyk married his wife Yekatarina and started a family, was pivotal on his path to greatness.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

It feels like a petty grievance—yet another example of greatness being conflated with dullness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

But a moment later he had forgotten his shyness, for Menelaus began to speak of Odysseus—of his greatness and his long sorrows.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton