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For Prashant Patel, the story begins not with his son's death but with a dream.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Marvel also benefits because “Brand New Day” helps to set up the story of its December team-up movie “Avengers: Doomsday.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Prabhakar had assigned “Bettering Myself,” a short story by acclaimed author Ottessa Moshfegh, in her Freshman English II course.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Jackman says he knew the story was big when the Sydney Morning Herald asked to interview him.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
“It’s . . . well, in many ways, writing that story was my way of trying to see the world from my father’s perspective.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Measurements of cosmic expansion and the development of galaxies and other large structures sometimes appear to tell slightly different stories.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
"I want somebody to fall in love. I love stories where we get the butterfly moments," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Success stories from the show include crews such as the Jabbawockeez, which has been a fixture in Las Vegas since its first-season win, Quest Crew, Snoop Dogg and Far East Movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
“The stories are always told from an emotional place,” said Amy Pascal, who helped launch Spider-Man onto the big screen when she ran Sony Pictures and now produces his movies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
She knew that Indigenous people all over the place had stories that, to others, may have seemed magical but were not.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
What on Earth possessed Nolan, a notoriously detail-oriented director, to tap the all-purpose flour of movie stars to portray one of the most storied heroes in literature?
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Hospitality veteran Clemens Keller insists that Vienna's storied "heuriger" winemakers' taverns -- which face a hangover-inducing brew of real estate speculation, spiralling costs and climate change -- cannot rely on their illustrious past.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Hosted by the Duke of Richmond at his country manor, the event saw the largest stand belonging to China’s BYD, which is now taking on Europe’s storied brands on their home turf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The pair will resume one of international football's most storied rivalries at the Atlanta Stadium, as England bid to defeat the defending champions and reach their first World Cup final since 1966.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
This is the worst idea in the long and storied history of terrible ideas, right on up there with Julius Caesar marching up to the Roman Senate when he knew everyone wanted him dead.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
I mean this book doesn't do a lot of war storying.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2018
Behold now! of my godhead I will make Thy senses burn with vision, storying The spirit of woman growing from loved to love.
From Emblems Of Love by Abercrombie, Lascelles
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