splendid
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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
The writer Beatrix Potter described it as "splendid" and singled out Braemar as "one of the leading pictures".
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
It’s about access, acceptance and ample fun; a splendid time is guaranteed for all.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
In its many guises, idolatry has survived, despite regular and often cataclysmic proof of its dangers, for centuries and many people will consider a much-larger-than-life golden statue of a president to be perfectly splendid.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
But such splendid running was achieved not without great trouble and vexation on the part of François.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
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