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fancied

[fan-seed] / ˈfæn sid /


ADJECTIVE
imagined
Synonyms






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Brian Barry-Murphy's Cardiff were expected to be close this season, but no-one I knew fancied Lincoln.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

“Up in one of the windows, there was a girl I fancied called Jasmine,” he explained.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

DeChambeau, one of the fancied picks before the tournament, suffered the ignominy of missing the cut when a disastrous finish pushed him to six over.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Two teams fancied to challenge for the title this season produced a gripping day's entertainment as Surrey recovered from their early disarray to be all out for 328 in the last over of the day.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“The person Gary and I looked up to most was Lawrence Ferlinghetti. When we opened this bookshop, we fancied ourselves like Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin when they started City Lights.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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