fair-weather
Example Sentences
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Accepting differences also shows that you aren’t a fair-weather friend, she says, but someone who is going to be there if you need them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
But Sunak gamely stuck it out, later commenting that he was "not a fair-weather politician" and confirming he'd be taking an umbrella on the campaign trail.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
“I don’t know if I’d call her a fair-weather fan, but she doesn’t live and die with the team as I have,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
And, of course, there are always those fair-weather fans who pop up when their local team is succeeding.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Chup led Frightful higher and higher, to the misty bottom of a fair-weather cumulus cloud.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
