zealous
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He painted this one of the heiress to Hunt Wesson Foods and her husband, a zealous art fan, shortly after creating another well-known double portrait of Isherwood and Bachardy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
The dolls became so hard to come by that some were resold for as much as 20 times their retail prices, while zealous fans traveled to China to hunt down fast-selling goods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
The reality is, zealous secondhand shoppers may be contributing to the problem.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026
Unwittingly, zealous regulators have turned stock markets into the casinos that commissioner Crenshaw deplores.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
Still, Colton, a lieutenant’s son, seemed strangely zealous.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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