fame
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But fame as a general concept also seems much more attainable than it did 21 years ago.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
He even pointed to Michael Burry of “The Big Short” fame, who has been warning about another crash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
It is quite a journey for co-founder Morgan, whose early fame came aged 17 when he was kicked by Chelsea's Hazard during the side's game against Swansea City in 2013.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
She achieved international fame that decade with the release of her "Total Eclipse" mega-hit, which topped the charts in the United States and Britain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ignoring the Navy, they happily fanned the flames of her growing fame.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
The Matisse works, which police valued at roughly $190,000, came from the artist’s famed 1947 “Jazz” print series and featured images of a clown and a cowboy, among other imagery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Bulldozers broke ground earlier this month on the public lands that blend desert, river and mountain ecosystems and are home to the famed Santa Elena Canyon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
In 2024, Kushner and Kloss purchased the iconic midcentury modern home in Malibu known as the “Wave House,” designed by famed architect Harry Gesner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Perched on a hilltop, the original estate was built in 1953 by the famed architect Richard Neutra for his secretary, Dorothy Serulnic.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
At length we saw the numerous steeples of London, St. Paul’s towering above all, and the Tower famed in English history.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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
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Academy Awards, List 5
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