award
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In 1993, Anderson received the Academy of Country Music career achievement award.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The award will go to the person who submits the funniest 1,000-word piece of first-person writing.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Congress had just approved the $9.5 million for the power and energy project, but Navatek still needed the Navy to award the money in the form of a contract.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Inside the marble ballroom of the Las Vegas–ready restaurant on Long Island, the award ceremony flies by as I work my way through a plate of samosas and nurse a mango lassi.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
“My daughter won an award for English and her friend got the highest GPA in the ninth grade,” Mr. Doyle brags.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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The winner will be announced on Thursday after being chosen by senior lawmakers, ahead of an awards ceremony in December.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The defense contractor’s total backlog reached a record $340 billion, driven by over $81 billion in new awards during the third quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The crowd is a mix of younger staffers and more veteran New York politicians, many of whom are receiving awards.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
But he’s going to have a lot of people on his side the next couple of months as awards season swings into gear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Louis Sullivan, engorged with praise and awards for his Transportation Building—especially its Golden Door—again took up his work with Dankmar Adler but under changed circumstances.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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"He was awarded the Irish Prison Service's highest bravery award for that work that he was doing. And this is further vindication of him and his good name."
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
At least 7,000 crisis grants, totalling nearly £600,000, have already been awarded by the council since April.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Office of Naval Research, which awarded the contract, did not respond to questions.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
His research on ice formation was cited by the Nobel committee when it awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
He, too, was awarded with a Nobel Prize in physics, in 1935.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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He said the Nobel committee must be asking itself: "Is there any potential for this prize to create harm rather than good in awarding it?"
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The now England head coach also said that the error in not awarding Bayern a penalty was a "kid's mistake".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The two sides settled out of court after seven years, following a U.S. jury awarding Apple $539 million in damages for patent infringement of the iPhone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He’s never settled into a particular genre and, perhaps due to that wide-ranging restlessness, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be awarding him an honorary Oscar in November.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
He was awarding cash prizes to children all over his province who did well in their exams.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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