fancied

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"My eldest son, who is a fitness instructor, asked me if I fancied doing this competition with him and I foolishly said yes," Carole told BBC Radio Scotland Breakfast.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Instead, the Admiralty fed information about their system to a naval officer named Frederick Dreyer, who was a capable gunnery officer but not the great inventor he fancied himself to be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

"I never stopped doubting. I never stopped believing in myself," he said after pulling through against the more fancied Sinner.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Yorkshire seamer George Hill took 51 wickets at 16.72 last summer, though does not bowl at a pace currently fancied.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

Copying their hairstyle from James Dean and Elvis, they fancied themselves to be “bad boys.”

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals