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
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
Surely, they could draw from the contents of that magnum opus during their January 1969 Twickenham rehearsals?
From Salon • May 7, 2024
“I don’t know what a magnum opus is,” said Wilbur.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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