well-known

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That puts it ahead of horror hits The Backrooms and Obsession, both of which were directed by well-known YouTubers.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“I’ve had a lot of people who are already conditional permanent residents … that are very concerned, or people applying for naturalization,” said Matt Cameron, a well-known immigration attorney in the Boston area.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Your mom is a well-known scholar of Persian food.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Notably, many of the earlier Neolithic Dutch samples from further north – such as the Swifterbant culture, well-known for maintaining a hunter-gatherer economy alongside some adoption of agriculture – carried close to 100% hunter-gatherer ancestry.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

The well-known face was there: stern, relentless as ever—there was that peculiar eye which nothing could melt, and the somewhat raised, imperious, despotic eyebrow.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë