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accolade

noun as in strong praise, recognition of achievement

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Blur had also performed to 27,000 fans at Mile End Stadium in east London and won four accolades at that year's Brit Awards.

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"He should never have been as good as he was. He should never have had the fame and accolades and glory he had, but that was down to pure determination and desire."

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For everyone involved, the most important thing is not the individual accolades but serving the music and musicians they all love.

"I'm really pleased for him. You'd have to say it's a big privilege to be given that accolade and I'm pleased for him because everybody knows he's back again," Moyes told a news conference.

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But alarming levels of violent crime have rocked the once sleepy British Overseas Territory, earning it accolades it welcomes far less.

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