fanatic
Example Sentences
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"I became a soccer fanatic after that. And I'm hoping the same thing for my nephew" this time, he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Grammy-winning rapper J. Cole, a longtime basketball fanatic, has signed to play for the Nanjing Monkey Kings in the Chinese Basketball Assn.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Keenan, a gym owner and fitness fanatic from Rossett, Wrexham, has very little memory of the day of his collapse and only knows what happened because others have filled in the blanks.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Mr. Bernal is a perfect choice for Magellan, soulful enough for sympathy but gifted enough to play a quietly possessed fanatic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
However much in earnest he might be, he had nothing of the single- mindedness that belongs to a fanatic.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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