pet project
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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
The trail of damage from Patterson’s pet project includes money fights, family estrangement and bitter fallouts as friends turned on each other amid efforts to debunk or defend the footage over the years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Maya, his second wife, watches as he gambles his reputation to work on the pet project — time travel — of an eccentric billionaire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
It's a pet project for Prime Minister Mark Brown, who believes it will reshape this country of 15 volcanic islands in the southern Pacific.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
That is one pet project of the Reverend’s: getting other Baptists to swallow the Apocrypha.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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