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When asked what the film on the dress is from, the Grammy-winning singer simply shouted, "Sabrina" - possibly referring to the classic film with Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart from 1954.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Spring brings risi e bisi, the classic Venetian rice-and-peas dish; autumn meant bigoli con l’anatra, a spaghetti-like pasta with duck ragù.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
“The salt association was thus a classic example of an effort by producers to rationalize the methods of production, and, more important, marketing,” Page Smith writes External link in The Rise of Industrial America.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
But it’s hard to imagine adults who are nostalgic about the text being won over anew, or children realizing what was so classic about these talking animals in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The classic example of simultaneous discovery is Archimedes’ cry of ‘Eureka!’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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