fair-weather
Example Sentences
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Accepting differences also shows that you aren’t a fair-weather friend, she says, but someone who is going to be there if you need them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
But Sunak gamely stuck it out, later commenting that he was "not a fair-weather politician" and confirming he'd be taking an umbrella on the campaign trail.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
Now, I get it: I love this show personally and cover it professionally, so I have a vested interest in it that sometimes goes beyond what more casual or fair-weather viewers might think of it.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2024
But King focused on his issues with fair-weather fans and chatter spreading online, calling out those “hating ‘cause we rich” and rapping briefly about 50 Cent, who jumped on the “No Diddy” bandwagon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024
Chup led Frightful higher and higher, to the misty bottom of a fair-weather cumulus cloud.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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