legend

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To observers Lampard seems more comfortable in his skin at Coventry, not carrying the weight of expectation and his legend at Stamford Bridge, where he is Chelsea's 211-goal record scorer.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Sharon Osbourne has listed the expansive $17 million Los Angeles mansion she shared with her late spouse, Ozzy Osbourne, and their children, nine months after the rock ‘n’ roll legend died in his native England.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Jerry West’s legend was so well established when he retired from the Los Angeles Lakers in 1974 that he’d already been the inspiration for the NBA’s logo.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Adele Bertei has been writing about her life since 2013’s “Peter and the Wolves,” about her friendship with Cleveland punk legend Peter Laughner and their early years in the Cleveland punk scene.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

They’d fashioned sticks into fake spears and pretended the two of them alone could defend their city from the creatures of the Greater Jungle, the monstrous beasts of legend.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray