legend
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His success, in part due to the mentorship of his older brother, jazz legend Branford Marsalis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Emily, a mother in Scotland, says the trend reminds her of the "Momo Challenge", a notorious internet hoax and digital urban legend.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The latest trial over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona was suspended Thursday following claims that kidney test results presented to the court came from his father.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Now it’s just confusing, especially since Reubens is widely regarded as a comedy legend.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
At length they talked their way into a face-to-face encounter with the Wall Street legend.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The book expands outward, creating an enormous system of stories orbiting the sisters’ lives and legends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Niewiadoma-Phinney, who is married to Taylor Phinney, son of U.S. cycling legends Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter-Phinney, found herself under siege by Vollering’s team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Fans wrapped around the concourse and emptied the merchandise stand before the delayed first pitch and witnessed a torch passing between the league’s current players and past women’s baseball legends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
But this was a sign of the new head coach recognising the legends of the club and the weight they still carry.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
I thought about that day with Thomas, when we’d been staring at the portraits of space heroes and legends in the US Astronaut Hall of Fame.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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Academy Awards, List 5
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