English added that the name was also inspired by Maria Adelaide, a Portuguese woman who is considered an honorary saint despite never being officially canonized.
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Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
18 Aug. 2026
The poem is nearly 3,000 years old, emerging centuries before the New Testament was canonized.
Few signs of humanity interrupted the rocky shoreline — just a couple of cabins and the wooden railings of a path leading to a wizened cedar tree revered by the tribe.
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Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2026
Our age range is exactly 60 years, and the octogenarian among us is quickly revered for her remarkable fitness.
Fauci, 85, truly one of humanity’s great public health heroes, will be lionized in history long after mediocrities like Paul, Uthmeier and Scott have been relegated to footnotes.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2026
Greenspan was the rare celebrity among central bankers, lionized for his economic stewardship in the 1990s — and a reputation tarnished by the global financial crisis of 2008.
Other venerated South Side joints included Pepper’s Lounge, the Dew Drop Inn, and Theresa’s Lounge, the latter of which was tucked away in the basement of an apartment building.
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René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 July 2026
Not asked enough by those who venerated Graham is why in death the patriot’s name must be associated with what’s so inimical to American prosperity and freedom.
The problem was that thesis got derailed by a temporary loss of momentum in AI stocks – and that derailment was magnified by leverage, which magnifies both gains and losses.
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Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2026
Michigan’s importance is only magnified by its place near the front of Democrats’ 2028 presidential nominating calendar, raising the stakes for a party already looking ahead to its next presidential contest.
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Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2026
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