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fame

[feym] / feɪm /


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The difference is—unlike her—they didn’t skyrocket to fame with a catchy action strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal

He knew how to comment on his own fame without ever getting swallowed up by it.

From Salon

Savannah Guthrie's fame has proved to be a double-edged sword.

From BBC

He was a young Olympian breaking through, on the cusp of wild fame.

From The Wall Street Journal

For generations, this imposing photograph of a clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln—age 51 and at the crest of newfound national fame—inexplicably remained an orphan in the Lincoln visual canon.

From The Wall Street Journal