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But one that is perhaps too aware of its grandeur, entitlement to greatness and is willing to suffer repeatedly for it, and to make others suffer for its aspirations.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026 -
And for those dreaming of freestyle greatness, the mountain offers several beginner terrain parks complete with entry-level tabletops, boxes, and rails, mini moguls, and more.—
Alison Fox,
Outside,
20 Jan. 2026
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Her answer landed like a mic drop at Golden Eve, a new primetime special airing Thursday on CBS that celebrates work defined by excellence and lasting impact.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The recognition places Dogwood among a small group of restaurants nationwide singled out for excellence in their first year on the dining scene.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Jan. 2026
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Watson made his biggest scientific discovery as a young man, only 25 years old, and his sense of his own abilities, his own specialness, seemed never to mature beyond a young man’s bravado.—
Kathryn Paige Harden,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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That does bring to mind the specialness of painting itself as a discipline.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Together with its other untapped resources, this presents yet another attractive trait to any suitor in pursuit of technological and industrial preeminence.—
Chloe Demrovsky,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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But these strengths have faded, and with them, the sense that American preeminence is a fact of nature.—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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The race for artificial intelligence supremacy has pitted Silicon Valley bigwigs against Washington policymakers and Chinese competitors.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Largely fueled by another exceptional showing in net from Duxbury native Ainsley Tuffy (46 saves), Harvard returned to Women’s Beanpot supremacy by beating Boston University in overtime, 2-1, in the tournament final.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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