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Lev Sercarz is fond of adding fenugreek, a fiber-rich herb, to hot or cold water to make a particularly bold-tasting infusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
"People who know me will attest I'm a little fond of football," the Pope said at the mass.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
"I am proud to be Tajik first, and Muslim second," he is fond of repeating.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
While speaking to Realtor.com about his move, he reflected on what he’ll miss most about his property and his fond memories of Las Vegas.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
But I wasn’t too fond of the idea of eating sludge for the rest of my life.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
In the second place, he advised the book-lover to haunt the retreats of Libraires fripiers, et les vieux fonds et magasins.
From Books and Bookmen by Lang, Andrew
Ingredients: Veal, sweetbread, calf's brains, ox palates, mushrooms, fonds d'artichauds, cocks' combs, eggs, Parmesan, bread crumbs.
From The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes by Waters, W. G., Mrs.
The walk to Fécamp would be purely delightful if it were not for the fonds.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
The fonds, in a word, are very tiresome.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 138-9, 213.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
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
Perhaps the absence made his heart grow fonder.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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
As I look back on my fondest memories savoring raita, I’m reminded less of its nutritional benefits and more of its taste.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
"My fondest memories are of him travelling on the buses wherever he went."
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
In your fondest dreams, what would you do if you could join the animals?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
In a personal tribute, Jacob recalled one of his fondest memories of his friend, from the night India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
I have nothing but the fondest memories of growing up in a zoo.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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