lore
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"Damon's Odysseus is stubborn, overconfident and sacrilegious, but doesn't bear that much resemblance to the conniving, hypocritical egotist of lore who fretted over his wife's fidelity," she noted.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Some in the country’s finance circles described him as the field’s version of Zhuge Liang, the third-century strategist whose reputation for uncanny foresight has endured in Chinese lore for centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Martin’s books may recognize that this diverges from the written version of Westeros lore.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Irritated upperclassmen, the lore goes, attempted to stop the juvenile climbing with an unconventional weapon: grease.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Video cameras are another part of the lore, positioned near valuables to catch a cleaner in an act of theft.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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