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an anchorwoman so well-known that she passes for a local celebrity
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Cannon-Grant was well-known in activist circles in Boston, earning numerous awards, including Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonian of the Year award and a Boston Celtics Heroes Among Us award, both in 2020 amid nationwide protests following the killing of George Floyd.
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Bessette-Kennedy’s love of loafers and pants is well-known, captured here in a quintessential off-duty look while walking back to her Tribeca apartment.
—Julia Rabinowitsch, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2026
Finally, seated left to right, also taking in the Giorgio Armani Privé haute couture show on January 27, some serious and seriously well-known fashionistas outta Hollywood, via Santa Ana, California (Michelle Pfeiffer); Los Angeles (Kate Hudson); and Australia-via-Poland (Elizabeth Debicki).
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha was a pioneering conceptual artist and writer born in South Korea, who became well-known in the avant-garde circles of 1970s-’80s San Francisco and New York.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Bessette-Kennedy’s love of loafers and pants is well-known, captured here in a quintessential off-duty look while walking back to her Tribeca apartment.
—Julia Rabinowitsch, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2026
Finally, seated left to right, also taking in the Giorgio Armani Privé haute couture show on January 27, some serious and seriously well-known fashionistas outta Hollywood, via Santa Ana, California (Michelle Pfeiffer); Los Angeles (Kate Hudson); and Australia-via-Poland (Elizabeth Debicki).
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha was a pioneering conceptual artist and writer born in South Korea, who became well-known in the avant-garde circles of 1970s-’80s San Francisco and New York.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Well-known.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-known. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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