An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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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
The trial at Oslo district court has lasted almost seven weeks and every day of evidence has been front-page news in Norway.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
“All the President’s Men” underscores that sentiment with its matter-of-fact final shot, watching a teletype machine writing out years of front-page headlines leading to Nixon’s resignation.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
Mason said she is thrilled with the festival’s selection of her film, just as she was by The Times chronicling the sleuths cracking the case in a front-page story in 2023, which the film highlights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
The Be hut Daily Star front-page report of my speech mentioned no “riot”—because there was none.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
"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
Though Widdecombe features on the front page of the Daily Mail, the paper's main story focuses on Burnham's first pledges as prime minister - and how he might pay for them.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The newspaper fell open before me, and I froze as I read the headline over the top of the front page.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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
The bulletins from Washington that were front-paged across the nation one day last week held sensational legal and social implications: the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Capital newsmen heard the story, and next day Washington papers front-paged it.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Hanoi newspaper, hitherto ardently pro-West, front-paged a huge portrait of Viet Minh Chieftain Ho Chi Minh.
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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