wannabe
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His wannabe Robocops launch indiscriminate raids, operate detention facilities under conditions out of a Dickens novel and regularly don face masks to hide their identities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 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
Madeira, the real one, was probably unaware at the time his mischief would create a cult figure whose legacy lives on among early-noughties wannabe managers.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
I remembered him from freshman fall, class clown wannabe, emphasis on wannabe.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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
Local clubs had not been geared up for the sudden rush of Jonny Wilkinson wannabes that descended on them after his drop-kick landed World Cup glory.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
In your story, you again tap that rich vein of Jewish gangsters and wannabes I got to know in the “Gangsterland” novels and the short story collection “The Low Desert.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
“And that’s what separates the wannabes from the agents in the end. Quinton didn’t nominate ye ’cause he needed a rescuer, he nominated ye because he believed ye can thrive here.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
