crowning glory
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The crowning glory of the collection is arguably the first-ever Flash Gordon comic strip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"For a dancer, it is the ultimate achievement, the crowning glory," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Powell and Davies lied and told the dealers they had had permission from the landowner to dig, before producing the crowning glory of the find - three pieces of gold jewellery.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
A simple deglazing of the pan used to cook sausage, country ham or bacon and you are well on your way to a gravy that will be the crowning glory of a sit down breakfast.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2025
Pendennis has its special interest in the thread of autobiography interwoven with it; while The Newcomes has its crowning glory in the old colonel, and in the famous scene in Grey Friars.
From The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker
