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After Mike Piazza’s towering fly ball settled into the web of Bernie Williams’s mitt to finish off yet another save for Mariano Rivera, Roger, needing only his twinkly eminence as a press pass, led the way to the champagne shower in the Yankees locker room.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026 -
Emery’s eminence in Europe has been predicated on managing two-legged contests, knowing that the pace and rhythm is different.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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While Jason Momoa’s Lobo & Milly Alcock shine, some adaptation choices and a bland villain keep it from greatness.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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If pressure is the condition for greatness, why do so many people freeze inside of it?—
Dr. Marcus Collins,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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This distinction has only grown in prominence as Makhachev's career soared.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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The site was chosen for the Obama family's deep roots in the neighborhood, both in their lives before political prominence and after President Barack Obama's meteoric rise to lead the nation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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In the British social calendar, no event quite matches the prestige, pageantry and formal dress protocols of Royal Ascot.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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The two women allegedly competed with one another for ratings, interviews, and prestige.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
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Unlike the movies, where directors get the glory, TV directors sit lower in the hierarchy, below creators, producers and actors.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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His post-match interview revealed the usual Messi, the man who continues to showcase the kind of humanity, dignity, honor and humility that defies every standard of today’s society, consumed with the search for attention and glory at any cost.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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This shall pass, and American preeminence in science will be restored.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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In the current budget, $40 million was set aside for preeminence funding, which went to the University of Florida, Florida State University, Florida International University and the University of South Florida.—
Jim Turner,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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The storied tree is treasured not only for its age, stature and beauty, but for connections to the legend of Robin Hood, said to have hidden along with his band of outlaws inside the trunk to escape the Sheriff of Nottingham.—
Karina Zaiets,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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The Danish troops were easy enough to spot in the hotel lobby, mostly Viking in stature and dressed in civilian clothing that was nevertheless overwhelmingly camouflage.—
Joshua Hunt,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
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The status of the vital shipping route will be on the agenda of talks due to between the two parties in Switzerland later today.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies, a world where the strong dominated the weak, where power and wealth and status flowed through lineage and the many were ruled by the few.—
Hilary Gowins,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
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