fame
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The 30-year-old told AFP in Venice she disliked fame and celebrity, but Gyllenhaal tipped her for even greater success.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Bay rose to fame in 2014 after a video of him playing at a London open mic night led to him signing a record deal.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ms. Ron rose to literary fame out of the self-publishing world of Wattpad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
After stretching her influence and fame all the way to Broadway with a run as Roxie Hart in “Chicago,” Leavitt recently announced she would not be back for more seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
One of the stranger effects of fame, Elizebeth discovered, was that the public started writing to you.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
In a video accompanying the ad, Kelce could be seen rubbing shoulders with a host of famous faces, including Gigi Hadid, Frances Tiafoe, and Carmelo Anthony, while making his way through Manhattan’s famed Plaza Hotel.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
This picturesque Oxfordshire town on the banks of the River Thames, was until recently, perhaps most famed for its bun-throwing traditions, but it is now at the centre of a national debate.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
It was inside this famed establishment that filmmakers Lorraine Jones Molina and Cristian Carretero first met one night back in 2008.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
It has survived wars and upheavals, but the famed handwoven Kashmir carpet industry is now battling a steady decline as younger generations abandon the painstaking craft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
He thought about the famed repression of the English.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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