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The successful launch of the app has brought a new level of fame and acclaim to Alexandr Wang, the young tech executive handpicked by Mark Zuckerberg to oversee Meta’s AI efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

"I knew I may not achieve the fame my father has, but I did not think there would come a time when performing would not remain an option," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Almost performatively indifferent to fame, McCarthy instead tended to the myth, nurtured all his life, that he was a loner and outsider.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Carrey rose to fame doing comedy films throughout the 1990s and has continued acting, despite his attempts to retire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I thought about rats and real men and Number One and angels and fame and first and last and love and nature’s way.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli

Varga was a member in the earliest incarnations of Gwar — famed for its outrageous costumes and blood-soaked sets — as Sexicutioner from 1985 to 1997.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

North Carolina's famed Highway 12, which traces the razor-thin chain of barrier islands off its coast, was washed out this week, stranding some island residents from the mainland.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Our chef, Floyd Cardoz, had come from the famed four-star restaurant Lespinasse and paired impeccable technique with a preternatural understanding of Indian spices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Hidden behind towering privacy hedges in Encino’s famed “Rancho Estates,” this multi-structure tennis court compound delivers the ultimate sanctuary where high-end luxury seamlessly meets practical family livability,” the listing describes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

India and the magical Spice Islands of the East were famed at the time for their gold, pearls, gems, and silk—a source of untold riches.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

In the 1930s, drought and bad faming methods destroyed 100 million acres of farmland around Oklahoma and forced families to leave, many for California.

From Time ● Apr. 10, 2015

In Strype's edition, 1720, he says, concerning this gate, "Leaving out the fable thereof faming it to be builded by King Belin, a Briton, long before the incarnation of Christ."

From Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 by Various