aficionado
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To the aficionado, however, it marked a milestone.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Like the good student and healthcare aficionado I am, I did everything “right.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Moreover, he’s a chess-playing, gourmet cooking, crime fiction aficionado and jazz lover equally comfortable on the mean streets of East Daygo and in the lush life of La Jolla Farms estates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
To mark the occasion, Hun Sen, an aficionado of luxury watches, gave each leader a $20,000 limited-edition timepiece—donated by Chen Zhi, whose staggering wealth helped gain him entry into Cambodia’s political elite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
An aficionado is one who is passionate about the bull-fights.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Kao was an unusual figure among the company’s low-key naval engineers and boat aficionados.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
First erected in the early 1960s as an advertising gimmick, these giants are rising again thanks to preservationists, kitsch aficionados and savvy entrepreneurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
He went to bat for gummy aficionados during oral argument.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
The two plan to transform one of America’s most historic racetracks into a world-class motorsports hub—and the latest opportunity for high-income car aficionados to spend their cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
During the summer of 1955 Bobby serendipitously happened upon a gathering place for chess aficionados and, in so doing, raised his game to a whole new level.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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