fan
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German football club fan groups are planning to launch widespread protests over VAR technology during the first round of German Cup matches this weekend.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
For $450 and up, a fan could buy a hospitality package for the July 15 elimination round of the men’s and women’s judo competition in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
I’m a huge fan of the corporate death penalty, a legal process in which a corporation is forced to dissolve or stop existing.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The legal process will take many months - and Kyrgios is no fan of tennis' anti-doping system.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
She tilted her head left and right as the model twitched the fan open and waved it around.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Many Arsenal fans are wondering if Konsa will play regularly when Saliba and Gabriel are fit.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
For Dodgers fans, the takeaway is this: It no longer matters that Cox did not want to pay Charter for the rights to air SportsNet LA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Dutch institution is frequently visited by enthusiastic Japanese fans, and other nations like China, Singapore and South Korea also have asked about loaning it, she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
He urged fans not to worry about him and thanked everyone for their love and support.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
She gave us each a turn at being massaged by the torrent, which banged against our skinny bodies and bounced off in silver fans onto the ground.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Tucakovic said the firestorm burned through "everything in their path" as officials confirmed flames, fanned by strong winds, engulfed 1,000 hectares in just four hours.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Investigators fanned out to local Walmart stores, scouring surveillance video and receipts but found no suspects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Strong winds fanned the flames, causing them to spread "faster than a galloping horse", according to regional prefect Simon Babre.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Yet, fires fanned by increasingly extreme weather have stress-tested these measures more than ever before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
They fanned out in all directions, like an unpaid army of newsboys shouting, “Extra!”
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
On an overcast Wednesday morning in Salt Lake City this summer, four bicyclists gathered in an industrial area not far from the city’s airport before fanning out across town.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Despite firefighting efforts, strong winds are fanning flames and hampering containment operations - with local media reporting that firefighting aircraft have been unable to fly on Thursday morning.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In Greece, firefighters battled a blaze on the Aegean island of Paros, where strong winds were fanning the flames.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Social insects including bees rely on cooling behavior for example fanning their wings when things get too hot to buffer the hive but there are limits as to how effective this is in extreme heat.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
She smiles, tired lines fanning out from her eyes in a way that seems like we are sitting at her kitchen counter and not three years and three thousand miles from who we were.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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