renown
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The soul-dance classic ushered in an era of a more dynamic, symphonic disco sound and earned the New England band national renown.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
The married mother-of-two, who shot to renown as the lead singer of the Grammy-award winning group Clannad, died at the age of 73 earlier this week.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Ms. Gage rightly contends that this region deserves more renown than it often gets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
"If ski resorts in Japan had stayed the way they used to be, they would never have gained such worldwide renown," said Hiroshi Hasegawa, director of a local real estate agency.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Carvajal went on to achieve modest renown as a priest in Lima, dying peacefully at the age of eighty.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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