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wannabe

adjective as in would-be

noun as in aspirant

noun as in aspirer

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What’s a wannabe strongman to do to prop up his regime?

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Anxious market reactions to otherwise solid earnings reports, the appearance of wannabe retail products—both are signs.

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Then again, it would have been set up a lot better than merely as a horror wannabe’s tour of his favorite tropes.

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Our America is not ruled by a petty, vindictive despot wannabe with an outrageous history of criminal and socially abhorrent behavior who imagines he is king.

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Most wannabe activists have been chewed up and spit out by the rising market, which has imposed losses on many short sellers.

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