avid
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But when Lee shared her frustrations with her graduate school adviser, noted author and avid gardener Jamaica Kincaid, she got the encouragement she needed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
You can’t figure out the impact of a Social Security reduction without first knowing where you are now — a step most people have not yet taken if they are not avid financial planners.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Prenga's previous three contests have all ended in first-round stoppages, but he has never faced anyone close to Joshua's calibre and remains largely unknown, even among boxing's most avid followers.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The growing ranks of the affluent fuel the area’s economy with avid consumption and fuller tax coffers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
He was an avid abolitionist, who helped Frederick Douglass escape from federal marshals in 1859.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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