Mannerheim line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Mannerheim line
Named after Baron von Mannerheim
Example Sentences
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On Thursday morning, the clock kept ticking at 491 days before it was replaced by a banner headline about the swap.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
“The King has cancer,” the Times of London declared in a terse banner headline Tuesday.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024
Fifty years ago, in 1973, the editors were feeling particularly cheerful, splashing a banner headline across the front page celebrating the Washington Redskins’ New Year’s Eve win that sent them to the upcoming Super Bowl.
From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023
Underwhelmed by that outcome, one newspaper on Friday opted for irony, publishing a banner headline that read: “PM turns up for meeting.”
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022
On June 21 the Post-Intelligencer ran a banner headline in its sports section: “$10,000 Crew Offer to Be Made for Tom Bolles.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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