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legend

[lej-uhnd] / ˈlɛdʒ ənd /




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Rather than make sense of that legend, Mr. McKie presents a series of unadjudicated yet contradictory accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Never ceasing to admire Frost’s poetry, Thompson could not forgive the man for not living up to his own legend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The country music legend performed the hit Blanket on the Ground alongside CMAT.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

That same scribe confirmed that bands of chickens roving near the Hollywood Freeway were indeed real and not an urban legend in 2000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

In the minds of Shaker students, however, Toothpick Day would acquire the status of legend, and in future years, during Senior Prank Week, toothpicks were banned from the school by threat of detention.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

In a statement announcing the move, external, the club said Nadal was "one of the greatest legends in the history of sport and one of the most admired and recognised Spanish athletes in the world".

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Backstage at the Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine in August, Devon Johanningmeier was surrounded by legends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

He was called a "disgrace" and "embarrassing" by United legends Gary Neville and Roy Keane after the 7-0 loss to Liverpool in 2023, while Chris Sutton said he should never captain the club again.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

From admiring Lakers legends, Kessler can now be mentioned in the same breath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Usually Annabeth provided him with information like that, but apparently Chrysaor didn’t have any legends, so they were both in the dark.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan


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