fame
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The song refers to the pressures of fame, and the video shows Grande as a starlet who tries out for a group of talent scouts, dressing as a variety of different pop star personas.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
His feats as a coach and administrator earned him a place in Australia's sports hall of fame, where he was inducted in 1989.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
In essence, Nolan chose a superstar cast to drive home the interpretation of Homer’s saga as a legend about fame.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
The scene marked a staggering shift for a man who, at the height of the pandemic, marveled at his own “unimaginable” fame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Sadly, despite his fame, there is no accurate record of Billy Lee’s death.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Who is Nirmal Purja, the famed mountaineer killed in Broad Peak avalanche?
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
More important, it provides an orientation to the famed destination through Yurok culture, said Jessica Carter, senior program director at Save the Redwoods League.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The battle over Warner Bros. began last year, when media giants Netflix and Paramount went to war over the famed movie studio and its prized back catalog.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Bestselling author and famed election and sports projection-model creator Nate Silver reposted the poll on Friday, writing: “This is what’s wrong with Britain.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The description is from Ignacio Bernal, once director of Mexico’s famed National Museum of Anthropology.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
In the 1930s, drought and bad faming methods destroyed 100 million acres of farmland around Oklahoma and forced families to leave, many for California.
From Time ● Apr. 10, 2015
In Strype's edition, 1720, he says, concerning this gate, "Leaving out the fable thereof faming it to be builded by King Belin, a Briton, long before the incarnation of Christ."
From Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 by Various
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Academy Awards, List 5
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