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The Italian right-wing tabloid Libero published a front-page cartoon of Trump serenading Meloni with the headline “It’s love again.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
When revealing his diagnosis to the world, he said it reminded him of his decision to publicly come out as gay in 2013 in a front-page cover story for Sports Illustrated.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Just now, as it happens, the price of gasoline receives front-page coverage and is flashed almost minute by minute on cable news shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
The Washington Post mentioned it in the 36th and final paragraph of its front-page story on McVeigh’s arrest.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
In January 2007, the New York Times ran a front-page story I’d written about the Fugees, one of three articles about Clarkston that I wrote for the paper while working on this book.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
"Wall of flame" writes the Financial Times in its front page coverage of the European inferno.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The front page also carries a photograph of aerial firefighting in southern France, noting that wildfires are ravaging a "sweltering Europe" as the first part of the UK declares drought.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Burnham is pictured with a pint on the front page of the Metro, following his announcement that pubs, clubs and some music venues will receive a 20% rate cut from April.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
And finally, former model Rhian Sugden is set to release a new "tell-all" autobiography, according to the front page of the Daily Star.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Uncle Eugene would have run it on the front page of his paper,” Amaka said, and I wondered if the inflection in her voice was pride.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
That Sunday, the Times front-paged a further downsizing from the vocabulary of evil, psychologizing the murderous Chechen bros with what seemed like existentialist anxiety, by speculating that “signs of alienation” may explain the crime.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2013
Last week two New York City tabloids, the Post and the Daily News, suddenly front-paged some old allegations about past extramarital activities by Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, the media-crowned Democratic front runner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Exceptions were the Herald Tribune, which ran a photograph and story on Page One, the tabloid Daily News, which front-paged her in an airview photograph.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the North there was a crackle of excitement: newspapers front-paged the story, and editorial writers pontificated about constitutional law and the new need for wisdom and forbearance on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line.
From Time Magazine Archive
But they front-paged what I felt about Northern white and black Freedom Riders going South to “demonstrate.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Two exceptions were the Washington Star-News and the Louisville Courier-Journal, which managed to cut through the intricacies by front-paging capsule highlights of Nixon's statement in addition to giving more detailed stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
See the one shrivel who goes around front-paging his age.
From The University of Hard Knocks by Parlette, Ralph
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