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fan

[fan] / fæn /






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“I mean, I’m such a fan of ‘Paradise,’” she affirms.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The opera company’s summer season featured impressive stagings of Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’ and Gregory Spears’s ‘Fellow Travelers,’ as well as grating versions of ‘Oklahoma’ and ‘Madama Butterfly.’

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

If you’re a fan of film and all the places it can take you, you can’t do much better than this.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Enrico said his mother had also been a Tyler fan so he began listening to her music as a child.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

She studied the outfit another moment before she swapped out the feathers for a simple bamboo-and-silk folding fan.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The full judgements made by the Key Match Incidents Panel on referee and video assistant referee decisions will be shared with fans for the first time this season.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Moskow noted that the pressure on Hidden Valley Ranch sales comes after the brand had benefited from heightened consumer interest during the World Cup earlier this summer, when international fans became enamored with ranch flavoring.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

He concluded his post by sending his condolences to Panettiere’s loved ones and fans.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

She can sell out stadium tours, inspire fans to buy branded merchandise and replicate her outfits, and even boost entire economies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

“If he does, it might be for the best,” Marjory told her small cluster of fans.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Those personnel fanned across the archipelago nation, carrying out a wider range of activities than in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Yet, fires fanned by increasingly extreme weather have stress-tested these measures more than ever before.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Thousands of people have been evacuated on the Greek island of Crete as wildfires fanned by strong winds menace tourist resorts and villages.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Elsewhere in Europe, thousands of people were evacuated late on Wednesday as fires threatened a tourist resort on the Greek island of Crete and continued to rage on Thursday, fanned by violent winds, authorities said.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

“Oh my,” Nan said and fanned the air.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

Social insects including bees rely on cooling behavior for example fanning their wings when things get too hot to buffer the hive but there are limits as to how effective this is in extreme heat.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Both main contracts soared around eight percent, with Brent topping $80 a barrel for the first time in two weeks, fanning fresh fears of a spike in inflation and a hit to the economy.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Among them was US R&B star Kehlani, who jumped on a remix, fanning the song's smouldering groove into a full-blown inferno.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

With his tail fanning the air, he started his inspection of the lawn.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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