august
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Not many countries are often blessed with as sagacious a leader as Mariano, but many a family and institution will, through him, be reminded of the worth of such august figures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
That august body of cineastes, the National Society of Film Critics, said so, and, frankly, it wasn’t even close.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025
On 5 August, Peters took to X to announce the news: "I don't know how it gets better than this. See u at the eras tour on august 19th."
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024
Greenberger’s warning about this scenario had been endorsed by no less august a figure than former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker.
From Salon • May 28, 2024
His august head of a tormented emperor had acquired a strange air of grandeur.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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