pet project
Example Sentences
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They’re people with enough money to buy a company outright just because they want a pet project.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
After that, the composer turned his attention to a big band pet project, making ends meet with leftover work scoring German TV shows.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
These are the new version of high scores, in a multibillion-dollar industry that started with one student’s pet project.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The Mayan Train is a pet project of López Obrador to build a tourist train around the Yucatan peninsula.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
Fabyan’s pet project was run by a gracious, silver-haired woman named Elizabeth Wells Gallup.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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