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Groomed for stardom in the 1950s as a “luminous blond leading lady,” she found “few vehicles worthy of her talents,” film critic Leonard Maltin wrote in his “Movie Encyclopedia.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

A portion of the study focused specifically on ME/CFS and highlighted LAG3 as one gene worthy of further investigation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Craig Bellamy says he is "hurting" after admitting Denmark were worthy winners against his Wales side in Copenhagen.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“This systemic sorting of worthy and unworthy children is justified by saying that our ‘brightest’ students deserve and demand more rigor,” she writes in her most recent article.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“A worthy effort gone wrong,” he had believed, “a case of good intentions that failed.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Mr. Bonds is as friendly as a whistling postman and, more than that, a baseball genius, according to testimonies from such worthies as Don Mattingly and Dusty Baker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

After meeting the local worthies and unveiling plaques on visits, he always seems relieved to head into the crowds outside.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

The worthies of Westeros vow their loyalty to Rhaenyra as royal successor.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

Other worthies such as Adam and the Ants and James Ingram were shut down in this category.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022

The master and his sons laughed as he wiped his face, but the twenty dollars went to new boots and a brocade coat like he’d seen some worthies wear in D.C.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Is not pole position – generally the fastest racing of the weekend – worthier of a point than fastest race lap, which is purely tactical?

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024

Extensive development work is being conducted to give old clothes and textiles a worthier end.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024

His recent release from an Iranian prison is worthier of celebration — and a greater boon to cinema — than anything or anyone in this year’s Oscar race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Through the miracle of technology, transhumanists believe that the human species must orchestrate its obsolescence so that some worthier, digitized human form might emerge, phoenix-like from its shadow.

From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2023

No doubt I should have been miserable whomsoever she had favoured; but a worthier object would have caused me a different kind and degree of distress.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Among his worthiest financial prescriptions is to marry well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

However while Musk and Altman have been focused on each trying to prove themselves the worthiest custodians of AI in court, their rivals have raced ahead.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

“We insist on the need to bring about the necessary corrections in the legal system, and we will allow for an opportunity to achieve them with a broad consensus. That’s the worthiest goal there is.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

“Summer of Soul’s” win was one of the worthiest of the night, and Questlove proceeded to give one of the evening’s most beautiful speeches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

Though it was a forbidden love, still he felt it to be the worthiest thing about him, and the purest, and the deepest.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks