blue ribbon
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Far from staging the blue ribbon Ulster senior finals it will now only be able to host lower ranking fixtures.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Lancashire, who appeared at the hearing via a video link from HMP Peterborough, wore her brown hair in pigtails - one tied with a pink ribbon and one with a blue ribbon.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
In 2022, a blue ribbon commission recommended that county officials create their own homelessness agency and “streamline” LAHSA’s duties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
"I went to the L.A. County Fair, and I won that blue ribbon," she remembers.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
Aldo rushed forward to examine my blue ribbon.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
The Carnegie Foundation offered prestigious fellowships, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences convened a blue-ribbon commission.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
A 2024 report by a blue-ribbon panel of defense experts makes for harrowing reading about our vulnerability in the next war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Soon after his election, he replaced key officials at the troubled Vatican bank and appointed a blue-ribbon commission to advise him on overhauling the Curia, the Vatican administration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
NAIRR’s road map comes from a 6-year, $2.6 billion plan for growing the nation’s academic AI research capacity that a blue-ribbon panel proposed in January 2023.
From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2024
He put the letter back in the envelope, slid it into the blue-ribbon pile with the others, then tossed it to me.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
