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fanatic

[fuh-nat-ik] / fəˈnæt ɪk /


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Perhaps he should review the lesson of “Four O’Clock,” a third-season episode of “The Twilight Zone” in which a political fanatic denounces people he considers evil and suffers a comeuppance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The president is a pop-culture fanatic; he blasts Broadway showtunes at his rallies and was tweetstorming about Kristen Stewart a few years before becoming the leader of the free world.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

She’s also a true-crime fanatic who uses her social media platforms to raise awareness about wrongful convictions, missing people, and other victims.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The self-confessed NBA fanatic - inspired by LeBron James' live show by the same name in 2010, when the basketball star joined the Miami Heat - was attempting to own his narrative.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

More than a loyal follower of the show, Bobby was a fanatic.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

“It’s crazy fanatics who are Israeli and Palestinian on the one hand—and those who have some kind of vision of mutual acceptance, whether it’s a two-state, one-state, doesn’t matter.”

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart, Jeff Mangum and Robert Schneider were music fanatics and budding songwriters whose tastes ranged widely but overlapped in the realm of psychedelic rock and pop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Other topics we delve into include power watches for women and how “The Traitors” has created a new generation of murder-mystery fanatics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

It will just be some time before Tesla fanatics can take one for a spin.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

She took us there and we were exhibited to a lot of Spiritualist fanatics.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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