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My friend Sharon and I had just settled at our table and ordered our dinner and drinks when she steered our conversation toward Christopher Nolan’s latest opus.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
But for range and ambition, John Dos Passos’ three-volume magnum opus makes a claim to the accolade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The Surge was pleased to publish a quick li’l 4,000-plus-word opus this week on Sen. Susan Collins and what makes her such a tough opponent.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
But through Bad Bunny, Puerto Rico had something to say: He tapped into his unique star power with his zeitgeist-defining magnum opus, his 2025 album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Families are apt to spend their evenings huddled around video players viewing the latest Schwarzenegger opus.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
As such, the opera could undergo revision before reaching New York—a lot else can happen in 18 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Questions about balance sheets and cash flow felt far away inside the opera house this week at a dress rehearsal of "Bardo."
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The world's longest-running soap opera, The Archers has been recording in the West Midlands city for 75 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
When Pete Townshend debuted “Tommy” for Cohn in the late ’60s, the rock opera lacked that same sense of immediacy.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
She also liked skiing, had never played Minecraft until this afternoon, and always fell asleep at the opera.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
Two summers ago, the most overt commonality shared by Greta Gerwig’s and Christopher Nolan’s opuses was a release date pitting the predicted box office whales against each other.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025
Still, there would be no “Sonata Pathétique” without Prince Lichnowsky’s purse strings, no Sistine Chapel without Pope Julius II, no bold young talents like Corbet making their worthy magnum opuses without someone footing the bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
They riffed on revealing their career-defining opuses at this, the perfect moment, only to unleash … nothing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
He’s also known for taking excessively dull subjects, like concrete and water, and writing fascinatingly about them in magnum opuses for The New Yorker.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 1, 2020
His opuses are in demand And are the final test By which all others fall or stand In this the mighty west!
From Hoosier Lyrics by Eugene Field
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