laureate
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“This year’s laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Nobel peace laureate and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado remains in exile, though she has said she will not interfere and hopes to see concrete results.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Those events could prompt the committee to this year choose a laureate who enjoys broad consensus, such as an individual or organisation working to protect children or humanitarian efforts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
On Thursday, the literature laureate will be revealed, and perhaps the most keenly anticipated award -- the peace prize -- is due on Friday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
We named our new daughter Zindziswa, after the daughter of the poet laureate of the Xhosa people, Samuel Mqhayi, who had inspired me so many years before at Healdtown.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Address
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