fame
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And, of course, there’s that army of extras each making the most of their five seconds of fame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The documentary portrays Leto as a celebrity who leveraged his fame to connect with young fans and control them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Those cameras have spread his fame far beyond Blighty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The singer rose to fame in 2022 when his song "Romantic Homicide" became a viral sensation on TikTok.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Bobby’s last-round opponent was the rotund Abe Turner, a perpetual acting student whose great claim to thespian fame was that he’d been a contestant on Groucho Marx’s television program, You Bet Your Life.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
However, it’s become widely accepted that they’re caring for the famed bird.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Sutskever, a famed researcher whose breakthroughs helped usher in the AI revolution, co-founded Safe Superintelligence in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Bali, Indonesia's famed tropical paradise, has become a hostspot for digital nomads in recent years, resulting in growing tensions between expats and locals.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The battle over Warner Bros. began last year, when media giants Netflix and Paramount went to war over the famed movie studio and its prized back catalog.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Authors like the incredible journalist Peter Maass and famed Latino poet Jimmy Santiago Baca inspired the students to continue to use writing as a form of empowerment rather than violence.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
In the 1930s, drought and bad faming methods destroyed 100 million acres of farmland around Oklahoma and forced families to leave, many for California.
From Time ● Apr. 10, 2015
In Strype's edition, 1720, he says, concerning this gate, "Leaving out the fable thereof faming it to be builded by King Belin, a Briton, long before the incarnation of Christ."
From Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing fame
Academy Awards, List 5
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