fan
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The fan groups are expected to launch protest action at matches, with the first round kicking off on Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
I’m a huge fan of the corporate death penalty, a legal process in which a corporation is forced to dissolve or stop existing.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
“He was such a grateful person and every sports fan can be grateful for Bill.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
And so if you’re a sports fan, you sometimes have that sinking feeling when you’re watching your team get too defensive, and they stop taking chances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Always a pleasure to meet a fellow fan of ferns! I wonder if you remember me. I spoke at Swanburne some years ago, when you were still a student here.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
He urged fans not to worry about him and thanked everyone for their love and support.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Dutch institution is frequently visited by enthusiastic Japanese fans, and other nations like China, Singapore and South Korea also have asked about loaning it, she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
News of the updated sign language was met with applause and general bewilderment from Disneyland fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
And more often than studios realize, fans and even the average moviegoer can sense when a studio has tampered with a film.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Screeching and leaping, the fans at Mr. P’s gave a good imitation of monkeys stung by a swarm of bees.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Tucakovic said the firestorm burned through "everything in their path" as officials confirmed flames, fanned by strong winds, engulfed 1,000 hectares in just four hours.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Strong winds fanned the flames, causing them to spread "faster than a galloping horse", according to regional prefect Simon Babre.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Yet, fires fanned by increasingly extreme weather have stress-tested these measures more than ever before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The announcements fanned new demand for the Korean chip makers while easing concerns around the sustainability of massive AI infrastructure spending that had recently weighed on their stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The breeze fanned my face while I took stock One: I still woke up in the morning listening for Dismay’s tap-tap-tapping down the hallway, coming to get me up.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
“They were going around fanning people, handing out barf bags left and right.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
On an overcast Wednesday morning in Salt Lake City this summer, four bicyclists gathered in an industrial area not far from the city’s airport before fanning out across town.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Social insects including bees rely on cooling behavior for example fanning their wings when things get too hot to buffer the hive but there are limits as to how effective this is in extreme heat.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Among them was US R&B star Kehlani, who jumped on a remix, fanning the song's smouldering groove into a full-blown inferno.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
"Coffee to go," he said, his breath fanning my cheek.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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