Many of the Gen Z terms, language enthusiasts say, once permeated Black subcultures, including early hip-hop music and underground drag culture, and were not fully accepted or respected by the mainstream.
But aren’t prophets esteemed precisely for their willingness to tell difficult truths to the people of God?
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Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
Leni Riefenstahl, the pioneering German director known to history as Hitler’s favorite filmmaker, is esteemed by many Hollywood luminaries, Quentin Tarantino among them.
The horrors of the Holocaust created a new paradigm in which extreme nationalism was regarded as the ultimate danger.
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Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
The Masters marks the first major of the professional golf season and is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious tournaments and courses in the world.
In 2024, six years after the dispute, Ackman relished Herbalife’s stock plunging to a 14-year low.
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Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
Lawson’s Blue Devils relished their March Madness at the downtown arena on Friday night, a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in the corner by Ashlon Jackson to stun storied LSU in a Sweet 16 contest.
From his Palm Beach and New York mansions and his luxurious apartment in Paris, Epstein enjoyed a remarkable level of access to sensitive information like the outcomes of political meetings and the itineraries of Gulf royals.
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Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
When weather permits, meals can be enjoyed under the pergola in the garden.
The quarter-ton bears, apex predators who are revered by some Native American tribes but also feared for their attacks on livestock and sometimes humans, became locally extinct in California in 1924, the same year that the last California gray wolf was captured and killed.
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