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When Thoreau set out for his first of his three chronicled trips to Cape Cod in 1849, he was a virtually unknown hanger-on to America’s foremost public intellectual, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
“I am, first and foremost, focused on making government deliver results that make a real difference in people’s lives,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
It’s not trivializing this summit or missing the point, I would argue, to understand it as first and foremost a semiotic spectacle, conducted through language, symbols and signifiers.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
It established Attenborough as the foremost TV naturalist, as well as an iconic British cultural figure.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
“I know how hard y’all have worked on your egg drops,” she continued, “and I want to tell you, first and foremost, you are all winners!”
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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