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Lando Norris took his and McLaren's first grand prix victory of the year in a compelling race in Hungary.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
SpaceX’s route to achieving its grand connectivity vision for Starlink is riddled with multibillion-dollar problems and would require decades’ worth of catching up, according to MoffettNathanson analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
The bakery’s owner, who had grand plans for expansion and had laid off factory workers, seemed like a suspect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The newspaper had challenged the government requests for phone records of reporters and grand jury testimony as an attempt to "intimidate" the press and filed a motion to have them quashed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
They would then enter the hotel’s grand lobby.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
The 19-year-old Italian has a 66-point lead over Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton after winning five of the first six grands prix this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s not to be confused with Apple TV’s sports offerings, such as MLS matches, Formula One grands prix, or Friday baseball.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026
Meadows calls the domaine’s namesake wine an aggregator of the top qualities of all the grands crus, Burgundy’s top-tier vineyards, forming a mystical combination of aromatics and liquid silk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Piastri was 0.199secs adrift, an encouraging start to the weekend for the Australian and McLaren, who have had a difficult first two grands prix.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
While other children were having their parents or their dentists pull out their baby teeth, I was knocking mine out with my feet when I did grands battements.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
What stood out most was and is their profound appreciation for a grander inspirational source: the world of Studio Ghibli, brought to life by Hayao Miyazaki.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
He "made my world so much brighter, grander and more delightful than I could have ever understood it to be", she wrote on Instagram.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Monaco's royal Christmas card is much grander, with a big fire, oil painting, formal clothes, and a sense of regal order.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
Travel agency or not, Costco has grander travel ambitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
The hut they occupied was larger and far grander than any at the Night Zoo.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Then again, even though “Goal” was shown only on video monitors, the Bowl with its new sound system worked brilliantly as the grandest cinema on the planet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
West Ham forward Hurst scored a fabulous hat-trick as the Three Lions clinched the game's grandest prize for the only time in their history - and on home soil.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Spielberg turned one of science fiction’s grandest ideas — first contact with alien life — into the story of a boy and his weird little space-faring goblin best friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
But how he will cope on the grandest stage of all?
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
"It's actually not okay on, like, the grandest possible scale. I guess the thing is that I'm a little confused."
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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