legend
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But he remained the top name on Italy's most-wanted list and increasingly became a figure of legend.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
At the club that morning, Jim Gabbert, a 90-year-old member and Bay Area broadcasting legend, approached Frank and initiated a conversation that soon turned to the upcoming commodore election.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
It’s Miles Davis’ centennial, and fellow musicians discuss how the shapeshifting innovator transformed music over and over again and became more than a jazz legend.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Also according to legend, there was a mild-mannered, nurturant, exception: John Chapman, the itinerant Swedenborgian Christian preacher and horticulturalist better known as Johnny Appleseed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
A popular legend grew that Dolley Madison had cut the portrait out of its huge, heavy frame with a carving knife and carried it away.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing legend
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Academy Awards, List 5
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