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My brothers were particularly fond of one wooden ewe mounted on wheels, which gave her the jaunty appearance of a sheep who had recently discovered skateboarding.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Bigelow, a Greenwich Village pharmacy that made the plastic headbands Bessette was so fond of, reported a 500% sales increase since 2023, and Selima Optique have rereleased the style Bessette wore because of popular demand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Chiu is fond of the concierge service for booking restaurant reservations, selecting gifts and obtaining tickets to events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"I've got very fond memories of spending six-week holidays there," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

“Charles is very fond of you. You know that. Besides, the police don’t know who you are. I don’t think they’ll be likely to associate you with that other business.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The fonds, in a word, are very tiresome.

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

In alienating the capital, they might stipulate à fonds perdu, as they thought best.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher

Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 138-9, 213.

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

The fonds are the transverse valleys just mentioned—the channels, for the most part, of small water-courses which discharge themselves into the sea.

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

I wish our fonds were well oot of them, and in yird and stane, which is a constansie. 

From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by John Galt

But an audience will feel far fonder of Ms. Monaghan and Mr. De Niro, and even Mr. Keaton, if not his deeply twisted character.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

A shorter distance apparently makes the heart grow fonder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024

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

But the streamer says her fondest memory of the game is a little closer to home.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

One of the album's highlights, it's essentially the Madonna origin story - and one of her fondest memories.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

In her fondest hopes, the commemoration of Global Beatles Day presents an annual opportunity for recommitting ourselves to the band’s ideals, which McCartney sagely explained in the “Anthology” documentary series.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

In your fondest dreams, what would you do if you could join the animals?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

Some of my fondest memories as a youngster were from my times at church.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry