wannabe
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Here's the latest crop of wannabe star bakers.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
And Thatcher’s other film roles in 2023’s “The Boogeyman” and a bit part in the following year’s “MaXXXine” certainly don’t help Hollywood’s perception of her as a wannabe scream queen.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
And, in real time, we’re watching wannabe masters of the artificial-intelligence universe try to win an upper hand in controlling the new technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Which is without question why the prime minister was very keen in our interview to erect the highest bar he could to any wannabe successors triggering a leadership contest.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
But now, standing before the General, Thorn looked like a silly wannabe soldier.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
He now leads New York, “and there are wannabes all over the country,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Others, like the Elvis impersonators roaming the streets, were wannabes, eager to tap into the mass tort gold mine.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
The company of performers assembled to perform this hoary property consists of has-beens, wannabes, klutzes and martyred veterans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
I expected that the vice presidential wannabes would be making the trek right quick, elbowing each other out of the way to gain his attention.
From Salon ● May 15, 2024
All these wannabes killing themselves, running around hanging the lamest posters and FB-ing everybody with Like me requests, and Castro wins without even being on the ballot, as a write-in.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
