fame
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Would the rest of you agree with that, that in some ways, it’s not the work that you’re doing, but it’s this other job that exists outside of your work, the fame aspect of it?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Do you start to consider your own relationship to fame and your character’s relationship to fame?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Tourette's campaigner John Davidson has cut his hours at his long-standing job as a community centre caretaker to make time for his growing international fame.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
That young adviser would go on to become Jim Cramer of “Mad Money” fame.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The cause of this long-lasting fame was a war told of in one of the world’s greatest poems, the Iliad, and the cause of the war went back to a dispute between three jealous goddesses.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing fame
Academy Awards, List 5
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