Baelor Targaryen Baelor Targaryen (Bertie Carvel) — often called Baelor Breakspear — is a noble and widely respected Targaryen prince known for his honor, leadership and skill in battle.
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Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Black lives must be respected in Nassau County, and Black history must be respected as American history.
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Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
Those comments will have been warmly welcomed back in Europe by Barcelona’s hierarchy, who will consider his words public confirmation that a player hugely admired by club president Joan Laporta wants to join them.
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Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Brazil, a country long admired by Haitian fans and players, the toughest.
Both companies have long been esteemed for their practices in ethical aquaculture.
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Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
In Britain between the 1940s and the 1980s, university professors, especially those from Oxford and Cambridge, were esteemed not merely for their specialist knowledge or pedagogical value but for their wider contribution to civic life.
As the logistical plans for the World Cup have been revealed over the past few years, Tripucka and her staff have relished the opportunity to provide hyper-local shoulder coverage for the event.
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Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
18 June 2026
Having spent five years in Kansas City, Glenn relished the opportunity to watch his favorite team play.
The first thing Juan Ortiz, too, enjoyed doing in a wheelchair was playing sports.
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Joy Resmovits for The Trace,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
The mom-of-three—who shares daughters Honor, 18, Haven, 14, and Hayes with ex-husband Cash Warren—also enjoyed time at the tropical hot-spot in April during a family getaway.
First working together on Blood Simple and then Raising Arizona, the brothers are revered around the world for a string of cult works including the 1991 Cannes Palme d’Or-winning dark comedy thriller Barton Fink as well as crime comedies Fargo and The Big Lebowski.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
Its sprawling cave system holds the relics of dozens of saints revered by both churches.
They were strongly fancied to build on that in Qatar in 2022, only to crash out in the group stages, scoring one goal en route and finishing third in their group behind Morocco and Croatia.
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Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball.
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