legends

Example Sentences

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But in the streets outside the historic stadium where soccer legends Pelé in 1970 and Diego Maradona in 1986 delivered iconic plays, other voices are rising as loud as the cheers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Old Knicks legends are showing up on T-shirts and jerseys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The two living legends could both make history as the first male players to appear at six World Cups.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Long before RZA and the GZA became musical legends – when their friends called them Robert Diggs and Gary Grice – martial arts cinema was relegated to cinematic margins.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

She had no education; she could not read or write her own name, but she had in her memory over a thousand stories and legends.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith