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He works hard for his laughs, sometimes too hard, but he’s an endearing imp — an overwhelmed freelancer trying to survive the unforgiving gig economy of his age.

Wearing her heart on her sleeve is one of the things that endears Sabalenka to her fans.

While endearing to tennis fans, it has proved costly on the big stages.

Jonsson has endeared Andy to the audience enough for future writers to expand his potential to shift course from an old story told too many times.

On the flip side, O’Brien’s Roman may not possess the sharpness of “the brightest tool in the shed” as he erroneously says, but his disarmingly endearing lack of malice enthralls the more cynical Dennis.