fame
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You both found fame in your early 20s, but at very different points in the industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The old guard of comedy is changing and the DIY movement has transformed fame in the comedy world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Eleazar is also now getting used to a different side of the career: nascent fame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Several marvelous larger-than-life photographs of her—O’Keeffe’s fame has always been amplified by images of her striking appearance, many taken by her husband and foremost promoter, Alfred Stieglitz—add panache.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
It turned out that not everyone was happy with their newfound fame.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Varga was a member in the earliest incarnations of Gwar — famed for its outrageous costumes and blood-soaked sets — as Sexicutioner from 1985 to 1997.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
North Carolina's famed Highway 12, which traces the razor-thin chain of barrier islands off its coast, was washed out this week, stranding some island residents from the mainland.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Our chef, Floyd Cardoz, had come from the famed four-star restaurant Lespinasse and paired impeccable technique with a preternatural understanding of Indian spices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Hidden behind towering privacy hedges in Encino’s famed “Rancho Estates,” this multi-structure tennis court compound delivers the ultimate sanctuary where high-end luxury seamlessly meets practical family livability,” the listing describes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Arthur “Pickie” Greeley, the five.year-old son of famed New York City publisher Horace Greeley, died of cholera in less than a day.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
In the 1930s, drought and bad faming methods destroyed 100 million acres of farmland around Oklahoma and forced families to leave, many for California.
From Time ● Apr. 10, 2015
In Strype's edition, 1720, he says, concerning this gate, "Leaving out the fable thereof faming it to be builded by King Belin, a Briton, long before the incarnation of Christ."
From Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing fame
Academy Awards, List 5
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