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fame

[feym] / feɪm /


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Would the rest of you agree with that, that in some ways, it’s not the work that you’re doing, but it’s this other job that exists outside of your work, the fame aspect of it?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

For Reed and De Maria, their fame was far more fleeting and their vital work seemingly forgotten.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Head found international fame as Rupert Giles in hit supernatural teen show Buffy in the late 1990s.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

That young adviser would go on to become Jim Cramer of “Mad Money” fame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Ignoring the Navy, they happily fanned the flames of her growing fame.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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