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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

She loves “romantic songs,” and is especially fond of “Sapphire,” a collaboration with the Indian star Arijit Singh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

With fond memories of living in the condo complex in his 20s, the 43-year-old public employee decided to buy a two-bedroom unit, sight unseen, for $260,000 in July 2024.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

When the boy arrived back at work Monday morning, Shady Glen truly resembled the scene of one of those zombie-apocalypse movies he was so fond of.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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 Mrs. W. G. Waters

Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 125-8, 139.

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 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

Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 186-92.--Jo. a S. Victore Memor.

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

“I think there’s an argument that says absence makes the heart grow fonder with some of these. We’ll see.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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

From the clucking sounds of adults I knew that the doll represented what they thought was my fondest wish.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison