fame
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Policy wonks are not typically famous: If they are, that fame is restricted to a league of Beltway professionals—famous in the way that really good brain surgeons are famous to other, presumably lesser brain surgeons.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
I was 8 when I realized fame had a dark side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Hackney players also had their 15 minutes of fame after the match, with Kelce's American film crew interviewing some of them.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
His late ’90s breakthrough in the triple-hitter lineup of “Halloween: H20,” “The Faculty” and “The Virgin Suicides” catapulted him to international fame practically overnight, cementing his place alongside the era’s Tiger Beat celebrity infatuations.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Kids care about fame, it turns out, for only a few minutes.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The make-up mogul surprised the crowd at the lingerie giant's annual show on Sunday while wearing the famed Fantasy Bra, which was made of 18-carat gold and 4,410 diamonds, according to the designer.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
A team has travelled to Nikumaroro Island, part of Kiribati, hoping to solve the mystery of the famed aviator's disappearance by investigating the so-called Taraia Object, spotted in the atoll's lagoon in aerial imagery.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The famed resort town was hit by Hurricane Polo in late September and again by Hurricane Simon days later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Firefighters were also busy battling the Bryson fire, which broke out overnight on the outskirts of the famed Malibu beach community.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The next year, Mohammed entered the famed race between Capri and Naples, a contest that attracted the best swimmers in the world.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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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