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trailblazing

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But after years of hard work as a trailblazing “male impersonator,” and a decade-long hiatus due to financial problems, the California king of drag kings feels like she is finally getting her flowers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Smack in the middle of sensation and observation is Mary Harron’s trailblazing debut film, “I Shot Andy Warhol,” released 30 years ago this month, with a timely restoration rolling out theatrically this summer.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Misty Copeland, the trailblazing ballet star formerly of the American Ballet Theatre, has joined the chorus of fine arts personalities rebuking Timothée Chalamet for his dismissive comments about ballet and opera.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Across England, the NHS has said 500,000 operations will be supported by the "trailblazing approach" every year by 2035, up from 70,000 in 2023-24, according to NHS projections.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Thomas Jones was a Confederate Secret Service veteran who had spent his entire life trailblazing through the fields, thickets, and forests of rural Maryland and navigating its streams, marshes, and rivers.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson