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award

[uh-wawrd] / əˈwɔrd /




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I already knew I wouldn’t be able to include the award category because of Times standards.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Allison Janney was a guest of honor, receiving the Lifetime of Culture award.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Infantino, the Swiss lawyer who had ruled over the world’s most popular sport for nearly a decade, would present a new award that had nothing to do with kicking a ball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

He shared an Overseas Press Club award for coverage of the eurozone’s debt crisis and a New York Press Club award for coverage of the Nov. 13, 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Liddy and Hunt soon learned that Daniel Ellsberg was scheduled to come to Washington in September to accept an award from a peace organization.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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