legion
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His exuberant on-pitch persona, relishing confrontation and celebrating tries with rehearsed routines, has attracted attention and a legion of young fans.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Swifties - the singer's legion of fans - of all ages lined every block in the vicinity of the arena.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
It joins the legion of startups with a name referencing The Lord of the Rings—in Elvish, Mirendil roughly means “friend of precious things.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Earlier this year Hockney became one of the few non-French citizens to be awarded France's highest civilian honour, the legion d'honneur.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
On top of the ice field stood a legion camp—ramparts, moats, towers, barracks, just like Camp Jupiter except three times as large.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
During the 1980s, the Japanese economy swelled, drawing legions of new visitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The plant's operator Mala Wangzi currently sells all of that domestically, but latiao have acquired new legions of foreign fans spurred by online enthusiasm for Chinese culture, or "Chinamaxxing".
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Seeing no evil are legions of crooked operators — customs inspectors, tax agents, military commanders, among other enablers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
His legions of fans will feel he was hard done by and it was remarkable to witness the warm reception he received on Saturday after he had been docked those two shots.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Of course, there were whole legions of adherents to his view.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing legion
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