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[fan] / fæn /






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It’s hard to imagine a more rabid fan base than Hallmark holiday movie devotees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Another player is recognized by a fan while working for a food-delivery company to supplement her tiny soccer salary, something that really happened to English star Lucy Bronze in her early playing days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

“This is what they stole from us,” Musk captioned the computer-generated photo of his sci-fi fan fiction.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

"I've been a fan so I understand the frustrations when they're not getting what they're expecting," said captain Dan Burn after the game.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Dad isn’t a fan of the new tolerance education unit—but not for the same reason as the kids at school.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

At first glance, this past Sunday was nothing short of an unmitigated disaster for the New York Jets—par for the course, according to their fans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

These should be exciting times for Sunderland and their fans, who before this season had been starved of European football for more than half a century.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Metallica, Weezer and Taking Back Sunday are all seeing an influx of young fans, an unexpected turn for some of the older generation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Since the entire brand of America’s foremost tastemaker is to discern the good things from tackiness, the debacle has bewildered longtime fans.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

If he isn't interested in his adoring fans, he isn't going to want a single thing to do with me.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The blaze, which sparked around 11:30 am Friday, damaged or destroyed at least 7 structures and forced about 16,000 people to evacuate as 40 mph gusts fanned the flames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Swain said this Santa Ana wind event doesn’t compare to those that fanned the flames of the Palisades and Eaton fires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The fires are being fanned by the Santa Ana winds, which normally begin during cooler months from late September to May.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Experts said the flames are being fanned by a turbo-charged El Nino weather phenomenon, causing the worst pollution conditions in years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

She fanned fast for a minute, then sank down in Granny’s big rocker, the high-back one with apples and pears carved on it.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

And more worryingly, retail diesel prices remain at a record high around $5.90 a gallon, fanning concerns about inflation as global financial markets are under strain from a bond selloff and U.S. dollar weakness.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The images they captured from different viewing angles brought out different features, including brighter and darker streaks fanning out around the crater.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

On an overcast Wednesday morning in Salt Lake City this summer, four bicyclists gathered in an industrial area not far from the city’s airport before fanning out across town.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Despite firefighting efforts, strong winds are fanning flames and hampering containment operations - with local media reporting that firefighting aircraft have been unable to fly on Thursday morning.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

These, I grab now, fanning them out like a deck of cards, watching them flutter to the floor.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse


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