legend
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Reporters turned up to Sage to speak with the manager and his players; even Chandler's mum was interviewed by BBC Radio Newcastle legend Paul Dixon.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
In this masterpiece of Japanese painting, Shōhaku visualizes his version of an old Chinese legend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Chad is indeed a legend in the scene and my time connected to him taught me a lot,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
This has been bolstered by the nation-building legend of Harald Bluetooth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
She put them in the trunk, and as we made our way back to the trailer, she told us the legend of the Apache tears.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
The anonymous account, whose picture resembled a "Jujutsu Kaisen" character dubbed by Tsuda, combined images and seemingly AI-generated speech about urban legends, occult phenomena and conspiracy theories.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Sir Tom is one of the last living legends," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Here we see the real history butting up against the expected fantasy of Norse legends, warriors and gods.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
That season soon had many fans wondering whether the expectations for Manning—the nephew of NFL legends Peyton and Eli and grandson of College Football Hall of Famer Archie Manning—amounted to nothing more than empty hype.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“In this one, it theorizes that dragons aren’t magical at all but are just normal animals that ancient people thought were magical. And the legends persist to this day.”
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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Academy Awards, List 5
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