splendid
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The vast space, dominated by the splendid Metropolitan Cathedral, was once the Aztecs’ sacred precinct, the ceremonial core of their religion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He was a splendid biographer of the man he described in another book as “the master.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Geoff Hurst hat-trick goal was a great finale to a splendid occasion.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
He’d gone more than five months without a goal for club or country, a career-worst 21-game drought — which he snapped with a splendid score in a May 31 friendly against Senegal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“It goes on to say the speaker predicted the triumphant election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin in next month’s election ‘by a splendid popular majority.’”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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