defining moment
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He’d won more than a few races on his own—stages at the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana, time trials here and there—but he’d yet to have that defining moment of his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
"That was definitely a defining moment in my life," he recalled.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Chelsea probably should have won the Champions League too, losing in the semi-finals to Monaco, but that became a defining moment for the man who would replace him.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Murdoch called the proposed purchase “a defining moment for Fox.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
This was the defining moment in the correspondence.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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