pet project
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The White House has made fixing the chip maker its pet project, Robbie Whelan reports, and now the effort is beginning to pay off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
They’re people with enough money to buy a company outright just because they want a pet project.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
In the months that followed, Esquivias’ pet project grew into a series of what she called “reading picnics.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
It's a pet project for Prime Minister Mark Brown, who believes it will reshape this country of 15 volcanic islands in the southern Pacific.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
Wilkins’s pet project at King’s was solving the three-dimensional structure of DNA.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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