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cameo

[kam-ee-oh] / ˈkæm iˌoʊ /




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Some family members even managed to get a short cameo in the final episode of the upcoming drama.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The pop star made her hosting debut, and pulled double duty as musical guest, while comedian Aziz Ansari made a cameo in the cold open as FBI Director Kash Patel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In 2014, she had a cameo in Akiva Goldsman’s romantic fantasy “Winter’s Tale.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Jonathan Burton was a clarion Malcolm, Duncan’s eldest son and heir; soprano Jazmine Saunders had an eerie, offstage cameo as the apparition of the Bloody Child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The woman was lying on her bed in a purple dress that fastened at the neck with a cameo brooch and reached midway between her knees and her shoes.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Jolly now appears on Muse billboards in New York and San Francisco, and makes cameos in Muse TV commercials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

And just as there are occasional celebrity cameos at a Trump rally, there was one at the midterm convention, where early-aughts comic Adam Carolla did a routine.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

She made show-stopping cameos in the “Sex and the City” spinoff “And Just Like That. . .,”

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Kelly’s two children, who are now 20 and 22, make cameos in “Too Many Cooks” as part of a video grid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The promenades boast animated cameos and portraits of famed courtiers that wink and wave as we pass.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton


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