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Many customers came over to the table to pick up a shirt and share the many fond memories of the eatery with Wong-Young.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Winning back fans in San Diego continues to be a goal of the Chargers franchise, but coach Jim Harbaugh will always have fond memories of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Food culture is inordinately fond of nonchalance: meals that are “almost too easy,” cakes that come together “in a snap.”
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
"The Romans were incredibly fond of oysters," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“But your parents do not seem very fond of you, am I correct?”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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 James, Henry
The walk to Fécamp would be purely delightful if it were not for the fonds.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
This edition follows the manuscript of the National Library, Paris: Ancien fonds Colbert lat., 5152A.
From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour
Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 125-8, 139.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
In alienating the capital, they might stipulate à fonds perdu, as they thought best.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm
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
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
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
In your fondest dreams, what would you do if you could join the animals?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
“The years of ‘Your Special Day’ of one-on-ones with each grandkid are some of their fondest memories,” the family said in her obituary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
“Women are always fondest of their last babies.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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