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fanatic

[fuh-nat-ik] / fəˈnæt ɪk /


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Will a tracker turn you into a workout-loving, vegetable-craving health fanatic overnight?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

"I became a soccer fanatic after that. And I'm hoping the same thing for my nephew" this time, he said.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Keenan, a gym owner and fitness fanatic from Rossett, Wrexham, has very little memory of the day of his collapse and only knows what happened because others have filled in the blanks.

From BBC May 15, 2026

Dallin also happened to be a golf fanatic.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

He was a fanatic, so that it was maddening to try to reason with him.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Family members worried about how fanatics would cope.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

All of this soft-drink soft power belies an uneasy truth for Diet Coke fanatics.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

Ponoroff credits Rutledge with creating a balance between giving pickleball fanatics what they want while not isolating non-players.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2025

“Severance” fanatics love those melodies as much as the deep cuts, if not more.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2025

“Sure, kid. Sure. Old Tony doesn’t like fanatics, that’s all.”

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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