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Since the English rock band launched its debut album, Three Imaginary Boys, in 1979, it has been cited by numerous musicians as a major musical influence, including NIN, Deftones, My Chemical Romance, The Smashing Pumpkins, Phoebe Bridgers and Oasis.
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Anna Chan, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2025
Aiming to split the Allied forces and reach the English Channel, the Germans targeted an area held by four inexperienced American divisions.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
At the time of the tour, the Irish troupe was privately funded; there had never been a national theater in the English-speaking world.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
But, in the United States, its role was usurped by Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language, which made its début in 1828.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Anna Chan, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2025
Aiming to split the Allied forces and reach the English Channel, the Germans targeted an area held by four inexperienced American divisions.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
At the time of the tour, the Irish troupe was privately funded; there had never been a national theater in the English-speaking world.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
But, in the United States, its role was usurped by Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language, which made its début in 1828.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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“The English.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20English. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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