literature
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Camus had won the Nobel Prize in literature.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
“In most CCRCs, when you go down to the dining hall, half the people have walkers or canes. In the promotional literature, you don’t see that at all,” Horowitz said.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Osman, the writer of the best-selling Thursday Murder Club novels and former host of House of Games and Pointless, was made an OBE for services to literature and broadcasting.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Pink katydids have been recorded in scientific literature since 1878, but they have usually been viewed as rare and disadvantageous mutations.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2026
Then Mrs. Darrell Embree called out, “The Sweet Singer has hit the nail on the head with that one! It is the finest piece of literature written in our lifetime!”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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