legend
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Manzambi wanted to be a goalkeeper when he was a boy and grew up idolising Germany legend Manuel Neuer.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
It is fitting that his farewell comes with one more World Cup — the stage where he became a legend.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
They are widely referred to as "heavenly horses" -- a moniker based on a legend about an Akhal-Teke horse beating a falcon in a mythical race.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
A biographer of Celan must decide how to come near poems that seem to resist approach, and a life that has been embalmed by its own legend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The gentle breeze jumped to a full-force gale, and Alex felt like the hero in a legend who let the winds escape from the bag they were trapped in.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Vocabulary lists containing legend
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Reading: Informational - Middle School
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Academy Awards, List 5
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