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Advisers are also fond of what they call “tilting,” favoring growth or value based on their view of which style seems more attractive at the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But wait, as our hard-boiled citizen investigator is fond of saying.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
At the height of the regime, he was fond of wearing a kilt and playing the bagpipes - and even declared himself "King of Scotland" in 1976.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
“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
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 Lea, Henry Charles
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 Crawford, Jack
In alienating the capital, they might stipulate à fonds perdu, as they thought best.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm
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 Lea, Henry Charles
The fonds, in a word, are very tiresome.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
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
But the streamer says her fondest memory of the game is a little closer to home.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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
"My fondest memories are of him travelling on the buses wherever he went."
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
His fondest memories from his life as a young boy are of going to the movies in downtown Los Angeles every Monday with his father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
“With fondest thoughts on this, the day of your birth, Lady A.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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