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“There was no medical negligence,” Leopoldo Luque, Maradona’s personal doctor and the most prominent defendant, told journalists shortly after the striker’s death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
As various observers have noted, this isn’t the first time a prominent brand has latched onto tech buzzwords as a means of securing investment and relevance.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
Algal blooms are prominent going into spring and some of them are toxic to all marine life.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
It’s hard to get stock market bears and bulls to agree on anything, but two prominent, eponymous economists finally found common ground this week.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
In addition to seeming eternal, ubiquitous, protean, and endlessly quotable, Franklin had the most sophisticated sense of timing among all the prominent statesmen of the revolutionary era.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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