widely known
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Pierre L’Enfant is widely known as the designer of Washington the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Another maramaba noblewoman Tamu Rambu Margaretha -- widely known as Mama Margaretha -- has long sought to loosen the bonds of slavery in her village of Prailiu, even travelling to Jakarta to advocate emancipation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The question became widely known during the 1980s after physicist Richard Feynman described his own unsuccessful attempts to investigate it experimentally.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
This is where an actor widely known for one long-running role, usually on television, finally concedes that disappearing into another character is all but impossible.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Married and in her early forties, Rosa Parks was widely known as an activist through her work with the Montgomery NAACP.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
