stardom
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Clarkson, who hails from Forth Worth, Texas, rose to stardom after winning the first season of “American Idol.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Over the last decade, Cruise has resigned himself to action stardom, writing death-defying stunts into his contracts.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
There is still plenty of Dickensian melodrama, especially when Livia relates the sequence of catastrophes that account for her transformation from a virtuoso with dreams of stardom to a small-town piano teacher and farmer’s wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
McDuffie began his rise to NFL stardom during a high school career that featured stops at Santa Ana Mater Dei, Anaheim Servite and Bellflower St. John Bosco, before playing in college at Washington.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Heck, most of the big-time lad actors stuttered and lisped their way to stardom.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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