story
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When he said he was, they told him Keaton's story.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
All it takes to find a story is show up and ask a coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
One famous story, perhaps apocryphal, describes Stalin instructing officials to teach two people how to do their jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
"The story thus far has been on Jensen Huang's personal foibles," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
He’d always loved watching the First Tree on frosty nights, while Fa told the story of the Beginning.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Together these stories represent the consequences of changes that began years ago, rather than a sudden cultural shift in the entertainment industry.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
He reports on stories through the use of data, graphics, maps and illustrations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
These stories, comforting fairy tales for the simple-minded, were completely untrue.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Most tantalizingly, Woodward names many of the sources whose stories helped bring down Richard Nixon’s presidency.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
They were real, like stories of the Memekwesewak.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
When news of Anderson's abrupt exit from Lancashire emerged there were plenty who thought, quite reasonably, that it would mean the end of his storied career.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Robia and her colleague Jojo are the DIY creations of Pakistani engineer Syed Osama Aziz, who is bringing a sci-fi reboot to Karachi's storied dining scene.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
The abrupt demise of the storied white-shoe law firm with some 1,200 lawyers is sending shock waves through the legal job market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
I figured he would name a storied explorer, a vaunted military general, an acclaimed international leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
I learned quickly, however, what I was expected to do with the doll: rock it, fabricate storied situations around it, even sleep with it.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
I mean this book doesn't do a lot of war storying.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2018
Behold now! of my godhead I will make Thy senses burn with vision, storying The spirit of woman growing from loved to love.
From Emblems Of Love by Lascelles Abercrombie
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