wannabe
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You don’t have to scroll far on social media to find travel hacks from influencers, wannabe influencers, travel agents, frequent fliers and people trying to sell you something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
The two-cap striker - who last played for Scotland in 2022 - has the play-off final to look forward to where he will come up against a fellow World Cup wannabe in Oli McBurnie.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
MPs, councillors and ministers I've talked to are all frustrated by the speculation, with no little irritation towards the wannabe contenders in a leadership race.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
A wannabe vampire, or maybe a Kool-Aid freak?
From "The Mark of Athena" 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
In July, Brooklyn’s Bell House welcomed a sold-out crowd to see a live reading of an episode of Bravo’s 2012 one-hit-wonder show, “Gallery Girls,” about a group of privileged, post-grad art world wannabes.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
The main remaining interest was in the subplots involving England Test wannabes.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
There were the others: the conspiracy theorists, the morbidly curious, the wannabes, and the just plain crazy.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
