laureate
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The spiky succulents are signifiers of what makes the desert special to people, said poet Ruth Nolan, the Mojave Desert literary laureate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The 80-year-old Nobel laureate has been held in detention - probably in a military prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw - since she was removed from office in a military coup in 2021.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
"It is obvious that trust is eroding, both inside and outside the NPT," Seth Shelden of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
And yet here comes Simon Armitage, the poet laureate of the U.K., with his stunning new verse translation, not as a vandal of antiquity but as a lucid accomplice to its endurance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Apparently, he is the “poet laureate of the sixth grade.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing laureate
Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Address
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