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I’m increasingly fond of decorating a table with the food itself.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

For millions of gamers, a few notes from an ocarina are enough to bring back fond childhood memories.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The actor was in and out of colleges but studied acting and grew fond of Shakespeare, according to People.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

He returned in April to mark it 85th anniversary, where he spoke of his "fond memories" of the base.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Why, Jo, how could I, when he was so fond of you?” asked Beth, as innocently as a child.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

This edition follows the manuscript of the National Library, Paris: Ancien fonds Colbert lat., 5152A.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Louise Seymour Houghton

Cold pheasant, boned turkey, fonds d'artichaut, bottled asparagus d'Argenteuil, cakes and wine jellies, with champagne to top it all off.

From I Walked in Arden by Jack Crawford

Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 14-16, 29-30, 35, 120, 148.--Coll.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

I really believe," Mrs. Westgate continued, "that the most charming girl in the world is a Boston superstructure upon a New York fonds; or perhaps a New York superstructure upon a Boston fonds.

From An International Episode by Henry James

The walk to Fécamp would be purely delightful if it were not for the fonds.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

He added: “Absence makes the heart grow much fonder, in this case.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Those fonder of Hawthorne the magical realist will have plenty to appreciate as well, not least of which that Donatello’s true ancestry—whether human or faun—is never definitively established.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Growing fonder and fonder of Maude, Harold shares with her that when he isn’t attending funerals for fun, he likes to go to demolition sites and scrap yards.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

You can sit this one out, and see if absence makes the sisters grow fonder of each other.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025

His voice softens when he talks about her—he is no longer the toughened leader of this compound, but an old man, reflecting on some fonder past.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

If eating a bowl of Frosted Flakes in the company of Tony the Tiger is one of your fondest childhood memories, then you already know everything you need to know about the breakfast-cereal business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some of Debbie Israel’s fondest memories as a young girl are the times she spent with her father at synagogue praying on the Sabbath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

"It was a council-run site, so a lot of my youth was here, and I've got nothing but the fondest memories of Skegness."

From BBC ● May 25, 2025

It’s one of the earliest, fondest memories I have.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025

I have nothing but the fondest memories of growing up in a zoo.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel