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wannabe

adjective as in would-be

noun as in aspirant

noun as in aspirer

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Most wannabe activists have been chewed up and spit out by the rising market, which has imposed losses on many short sellers.

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Local clubs had not been geared up for the sudden rush of Jonny Wilkinson wannabes that descended on them after his drop-kick landed World Cup glory.

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But now their own existence is uncertain in the hands of media conglomerates intent on pleasing a wannabe dictator.

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She portrays a mystery novelist who teams with a young wannabe writer and influencer to investigate murders in a small New England town.

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In early 1980, I was a wannabe poet working as a fry cook in Long Beach ...

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