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legend

[lej-uhnd] / ˈlɛdʒ ənd /




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Even American music legend Willie Nelson has joined the broader fight.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

But the day I came across one, it gave me my own story to tell rather than repeating a legend everyone already knows.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Lakers legend Magic Johnson, a former part-owner of the team and past president of basketball operations, welcomed the deal in an X post.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

For example: When music legend Stevie Wonder phoned to congratulate Starr on a Grammy nomination, she goaded him into a playful argument about zodiac signs.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The gem-covered blade was sharp enough to cut through a mountain, legend said, and only the Ravenskill Gran, as the eldest of all the Twelve Towns leaders, could use it safely.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Since 1979, the Lakers had been owned by the Buss family, which oversaw an era in which the team racked up championships and put all-time legends in purple and gold.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Niewiadoma-Phinney, who is married to Taylor Phinney, son of U.S. cycling legends Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter-Phinney, found herself under siege by Vollering’s team.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Fans wrapped around the concourse and emptied the merchandise stand before the delayed first pitch and witnessed a torch passing between the league’s current players and past women’s baseball legends.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

The reigning 57kg world champion boxer Jaismine Lamboria from India throws punches for a living, but when it comes to handling pressure, she looks to one of her country's most celebrated cricketing legends for inspiration.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

None of them was written by Peregrin, but he and his successors collected many manuscripts written by scribes of Gondor: mainly copies or summaries of histories or legends relating to Elendil and his heirs.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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