nonpareil

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More than 120 million Americans are expected to tune in for an annual pop culture nonpareil, which this year features two teams nobody expected to reach the NFL championship decider.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

In her review of “Afterlives,” the novelist Imbolo Mbue wrote that Gurnah is “a novelist nonpareil, a master of the art form who understands human failings in conflicts both political and intimate.”

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2022

Made beautifully bouncy, supremely sticky and gloriously gummy by sweet rice flour, it’s a texture-eater’s dream, achieving a nonpareil squidginess.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2022

“King James” is named after basketball player nonpareil LeBron James, who looms over Rajiv Joseph’s entertaining new drama like a demigod.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022

Jesus appears to Saul and the persecutor of Christians nonpareil cries out, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson