reputation
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The film world considered Stanley Kubrick a genius while he was alive, but if anything his reputation stands even higher a quarter-century after his death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
NBC was wary of Larry David, who had a reputation as a “loose cannon and control freak.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“He was common and condescending. … He did as he pleased. But he restored the reputation of the Chicago Bears, made them winners and made them watchable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The noisy protests and repeated detentions have earned Neha a reputation for being a street fighter.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
This lighthearted, ladylike reputation created an entire market of products around the sisters and their spirits.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Both Jackson and Collins have reputations not as expert orators chasing the political spotlight, but as workhorses focused on getting results.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
The former Premier League striker says, while the result of the friendly is largely inconsequential, those players who are selected will know it's a great chance to enhance their reputations and that of Beninese football.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
It also can waste police resources and damage reputations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"His judgment is a devastating critique of an attempt to destroy a newspaper and the reputations of its journalists, editors and executives," the statement added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s a little up in the air whether those parents meant to protect their kids, their kids’ friends—or their own reputations.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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