magnum opus
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Yet long before earning all these accolades, Shakira was a teen girl in Baranquilla, Colombia, waiting in line at her local record store for a copy of Nirvana’s 1991 grunge magnum opus, “Nevermind.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
The following year Skepta released his own magnum opus, Konnichiwa.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
It’s a magnum opus from the culinary icon behind Kogi, “L.A. Son,” and “The Chef Show” — a book built on balance and compassion.
From Salon • May 23, 2025
We made a new calendar for 2025 and have plans for what could be our magnum opus: a coffee-table book.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2025
It is the opening of John Keegan’s 1993 magnum opus, A History of Warfare: War is not the continuation of policy by other means.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
