prestigious
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A gifted athlete, he became the first Indian to win the Macklin Sculls - a prestigious single sculling race - at the Calcutta Lake Club in 1938.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Times staffer takes the stage at Coachella For most artists, landing a gig at the most prestigious music festival happens at the zenith of their career.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
England were "feckless, reckless and legless" on their dismal Ashes tour of Australia, according to the editor of the prestigious Wisden Almanack.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Georgetown University Law Center has named Ms. Magill its dean—a position nearly as prestigious as her former one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Vanderbilt gave him a reasonable starting proposal: He would make the Pimlico Special, the prestigious stakes race that War Admiral had won in 1937, into a two-horse event.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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