legend
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Under the new regime, Boeing, which was a Seattle institution as well as manufacturing legend, began outsourcing, with Dreamliner parts coming in from around the globe, not always fitting together and resulting in flawed craft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But what some perceive as a negative makes the Green Lantern legend appealing to others, especially those driven to ascend through ambition and hard work.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 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
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
It was a chance to play against a growing legend.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The book expands outward, creating an enormous system of stories orbiting the sisters’ lives and legends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Her new album boasts collaborations with Afrobeats legends Wizkid and Rema, as well as One Direction's Zayn Malik and rising R&B singer KWN.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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
For obvious reasons, he tended to pay attention to legends about fire.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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