greatness

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But as an immigrant, perhaps I’m better placed than others to make the case that America’s greatness far outweighs its faults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

In a new Netflix series, the 39-year-old opens up about the risks he took with his health in order to achieve greatness.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The orchestra is famed for taking startling chances on charismatic, emerging but inexperienced conductors of exceptional talent who reached greatness and became dazzling stars over long tenures.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

His use of Toni Nadal—whose coaching philosophy consisted of greatness though suffering—may not be a way of shifting blame from Mr. Nadal for a career’s worth of reckless endangerment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

At. first, intoxicated by the glory of his return, by his remarkable victories, he had peeped into the abyss of greatness.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez