fair-weather
Example Sentences
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In response, Burnham said last week: "We are not fair-weather friends, we will be there in Ukraine's hour of need and that won't change."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
“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
The closure of the two-lane swing bridge also shuts down the walk-bike trail, which carries roughly 1,000 daily travelers on fair-weather days.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
Chup led Frightful higher and higher, to the misty bottom of a fair-weather cumulus cloud.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
