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Attendance at the Mass, hosted by the Archdiocese of Chicago, was among the highest in archdiocesan history — though surpassed by the famed 1979 Mass in Grant Park celebrated by Pope John Paul II, the only pontiff to come to Chicago.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
The unlikely union lasted 10 years and the mutual admiration between the two famed figures never diminished.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Familiar faces like Madonna, Elton John, and Gianni Versace (whose famed home Casa Casuarina is just a block south on Ocean Drive) were often spotted at Palace.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
The Native Peruvian star claims the famed director told his team to base the design for the main character Neytiri (Zoë Saldaña) on her facial features after Cameron saw her in the 2006 Terrence Malick film The New World.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 May 2026
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
The unlikely union lasted 10 years and the mutual admiration between the two famed figures never diminished.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Familiar faces like Madonna, Elton John, and Gianni Versace (whose famed home Casa Casuarina is just a block south on Ocean Drive) were often spotted at Palace.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
The Native Peruvian star claims the famed director told his team to base the design for the main character Neytiri (Zoë Saldaña) on her facial features after Cameron saw her in the 2006 Terrence Malick film The New World.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for famed
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Short but sweet Jacksonville took advantage of perhaps the most famous offseason haircut with quarterback Trevor Lawrence getting his long locks cut short on camera after introducing the Jaguars’ schedule that then plays out on the screen edited down to less than 2 minutes.—
Teresa M. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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To paraphrase the famous musical title, a funny thing happened on the way to the upfronts this year.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Carter was soon turning out hits of his own, often backed by the celebrated session players at FAME.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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In the film Damon portrays a celebrated astronaut who, stranded and desperate, nearly sacrifices humanity to save himself.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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The center, which opened in 1915, was originally commissioned by renowned La Jolla philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps and designed by famed architect Irving Gill.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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But even larger numbers of socially conservative white working-class voters in Wales, Scotland and northern England — the traditional bedrock of Labour’s support — switched to Reform, the insurgent party founded by Nigel Farage, the renowned Brexit campaigner.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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With the House vote on Monday, Duterte, who comes from one of the country’s most prominent political dynasties, became the first official in the Southeast Asian country’s history to be impeached twice.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 May 2026
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In a hall occasionally pierced by air-raid sirens warning of Russian strikes, the event has united Ukraine’s most prominent galleries, artists, collectors, and cultural institutions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
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He was booked into the Erie County Holding Center, a maximum-security complex once notorious for inadequate medical and mental health care.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Enthralled by Felipe Rose, a go-go boy decked out in Native American regalia at the Anvil, a notorious gay Manhattan disco, Morali applied that approach to his next conceptual act, Village People.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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“Famed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/famed. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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