fanfare
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For decades, Canada-EU summits took place without much fanfare - but that's not the case for this coming two-day meeting in Montreal.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Grapes: In the mid-1800s a horticulturist in Massachusetts invented the perfect grape, to much fanfare.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
But winning big new listings remains a priority for both, and the fanfare around buzzy debuts provides invaluable marketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Among Quebecers there is a rare way of helping: discreet, sincere, without fanfare," he wrote in October 2025.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
On the evening of the concert, I was dressed with much fanfare.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
For Bruckner, rising melodic scales, humongous fanfares with trumpets and horns and Wagner tubas galore and repeated patterns over and over by an unstoppable orchestra serve as injections of musical endorphins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
Some blocos are powered by behemoth sound trucks known as electric trios, others by small fanfares.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
But all the fancy regal fanfares in the world on Tuesday might be drowned out by bigger realities.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2023
But under Mälkki’s baton, and with this orchestra — Sibelius’s sound world etched in its bones — “Finlandia” was newly disarming, modestly dignified in its touching harmonies and iron-willed fanfares.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
Horns blew fanfares as Lionstar and Lady Lyanna pushed out from shore, moving downriver to clear the way for Seaswift.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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