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fanfare

[fan-fair] / ˈfæn fɛər /


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The Sweden striker arrived at Anfield amid huge fanfare in August 2025 when he signed from Newcastle for a British record £125m.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Shalini Dinesh, who lives in Austin, had already been an aficionado of Anthropic’s Claude when all the Meta Muse fanfare erupted online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Among Quebecers there is a rare way of helping: discreet, sincere, without fanfare," he wrote in October 2025.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

A ceremony for the attack’s 25th anniversary was starting, and he had come in quietly, head down, free from the fanfare that usually follows the surging Senate candidate.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Another fanfare sounded and a slender, blond young man dressed in white and holding aloft a torch appeared at the eastern gate of the stadium.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

For Bruckner, rising melodic scales, humongous fanfares with trumpets and horns and Wagner tubas galore and repeated patterns over and over by an unstoppable orchestra serve as injections of musical endorphins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

The state banquet is the spectacular showstopper of a state visit, a glittering feast with speeches, royal toasts, trumpet fanfares and fancy food and wine.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

Some blocos are powered by behemoth sound trucks known as electric trios, others by small fanfares.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

During all this, there are synthesizer fanfares befitting a vintage video game, along with some drums and low bleats for drive and the occasional unsettling addition of high-pitched noises.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2023

Horns blew fanfares as Lionstar and Lady Lyanna pushed out from shore, moving downriver to clear the way for Seaswift.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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