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Why People Love It During its prime trending era in the 1950s, as well as into modern times, boatneck shirts are most known for being flattering on your form—skimming across your collarbones in a lengthening, elegant way.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
This was a known issue on mid 60’s to mid-70’s Ford products.
—John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Andrew Torgeshev and Max Namoff, of course, who is well known for a tragic reason because his parents were on flight 5342 in Washington, that tragedy.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Some of the episodes highlighted by reporters who read the book are well known to followers of California politics, but some will come as news, or as a blast from the past given the years that have passed since the moments were headlines themselves.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
This was a known issue on mid 60’s to mid-70’s Ford products.
—John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Andrew Torgeshev and Max Namoff, of course, who is well known for a tragic reason because his parents were on flight 5342 in Washington, that tragedy.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Some of the episodes highlighted by reporters who read the book are well known to followers of California politics, but some will come as news, or as a blast from the past given the years that have passed since the moments were headlines themselves.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Known.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/known. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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known
adjective
: generally recognized
a known expert on art
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