variants
or supernovae
as in successes
a person or thing that is successful
tragically, a shoulder injury cut short the pitching career of one of baseball's brightest supernovas
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Noun
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Savoring the day’s successes was former UCLA All-American sprinter Brandon Thomas, who coaches both Servite and Rosary.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026 -
Ukrainian forces made a surprise incursion into Kursk in August 2024 in one of their biggest battlefield successes in the war.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Junior center fielder Emma Bell added three hits.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Xander Bogaerts had three hits and three RBIs, and Mason Miller pitched a perfect ninth inning for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight win and ninth in 10 games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The movie has become one of the defining blockbusters of the ’80s, in part because of its reliance on practical effects for flying scenes.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Christmas movies in December, blockbusters rolling out over the summer, and Universal‘s perennial attempts to reboot its classic monsters.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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There are no winners in wildfire; however, the Court's decision supports PacifiCorp's longstanding belief that this process was prejudicial and not appropriate for managing wildfire litigation.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Supernovas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supernovas. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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