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Athena said: "Seeing so many young runners give it everything was brilliant. The energy on Glasgow Green was unreal, and every single one of them should be proud of themselves."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“There’s a lot of things to be proud of in this football program right now,” Riley assured.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“If I were in California, I’d be proud of the attorney general. At the end of the day, he got the best he could,” Hay said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

“I wanted for us to build something that they would be proud of, too.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Well, thassit, then. Come along here and have a bit of stew. Eh, your mum’d be proud of a stew like we got in the cave. Want me to carry that?”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman


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