legend
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As the legend goes, tourists in Milan who grind their heels on the bull's testicles and spin in place three times are guaranteed good fortune and are destined to return.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
But he remained the top name on Italy's most-wanted list and increasingly became a figure of legend.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
By the end of that Treble-winning season, Milito was an Inter legend.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Also according to legend, there was a mild-mannered, nurturant, exception: John Chapman, the itinerant Swedenborgian Christian preacher and horticulturalist better known as Johnny Appleseed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
And so the legend goes, that he was a good man, peculiar, and not very good at explaining stories clearly.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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