legend
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers -- dressed as Rubin lookalikes with sunglasses and long flowing white hair, as well as his signature wizard-esque beard -- performed for the industry legend.
From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2026
Watching Mitchell Johnson tear apart England in the 2013-14 Ashes inspired Beardman to take up cricket, while he has worked with Dennis Lillee, another Australian Ashes legend, since his teenage years.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Rather than make sense of that legend, Mr. McKie presents a series of unadjudicated yet contradictory accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
That same scribe confirmed that bands of chickens roving near the Hollywood Freeway were indeed real and not an urban legend in 2000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
The legend goes that the khan had to take a long trip.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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Backstage at the Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine in August, Devon Johanningmeier was surrounded by legends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Chris Campbell lives in Girvan and is interested in the area's myths and legends.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
On Monday, a group of 137 current players, 28 legends and 20 national federations signed a letter which they hope will pressure the ATP into rethinking the proposals.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
“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
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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