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“I said, ‘They will all come,’” Hobson said as the crowd laughed during opening remarks on a raised platform in the museum’s grand lobby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
They may also find their grand plans don’t get executed when there are no rallying forces at the team level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
A grand prize of $10,000 and a mounted catfish trophy were at stake.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Bahrain is the default season-opening race, but Australia has hosted the first grand prix for the past two years because of the timing of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
They would then enter the hotel’s grand lobby.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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After a major upgrade to their car, Norris has won the past two grands prix, in Hungary and the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Hamilton out-qualified Leclerc only seven times last year across all qualifying sessions, over 24 grands prix and six sprints.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
It’s not to be confused with Apple TV’s sports offerings, such as MLS matches, Formula One grands prix, or Friday baseball.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026
The average for 2025's 24 grands prix, discounting sprints, was 66.9.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Big Ma wouldn’t have stood for any screaming coming from her grands, but what Big Ma didn’t know wouldn’t earn us her shame.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Rowan, who originally had grander plans for the property but pulled back, has filed multiple lawsuits and spent years battling the local zoning board over septic systems, dock rights, and parking complaints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
What stood out most was and is their profound appreciation for a grander inspirational source: the world of Studio Ghibli, brought to life by Hayao Miyazaki.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Some serve as simple repositories for papers and key artifacts from their namesake administration, while others have grander ambitions as museums and cultural destinations.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
He "made my world so much brighter, grander and more delightful than I could have ever understood it to be", she wrote on Instagram.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
True, my leaving might have sounded far grander if I were leaving a place with a real name, like Ochenleff or Asteria.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Whereas Welsh national teams only used to dream of playing on the world's grandest stages, there is now an expectation they get there – and that stems from 2016.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was the first time since Tom Watson in 1977 that a 72nd green birdie had secured golf's oldest and grandest title by a single shot.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Then the theme music was adopted by the grandest global sporting event there is: the World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Folded into the cozy slide-show vibe of Magnason’s home videos and the carefully chosen archival footage, the movie plays like a scrapbook portrait in which home just happens to boast the grandest of backyards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
This was the grandest house in the Lane, and the Lane was very proud of it because it was built exactly like a ship.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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