fair-weather
Example Sentences
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It does give consumers an opportunity to go, ‘OK, who was a fair-weather friend and who wasn’t?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In response, Burnham said last week: "We are not fair-weather friends, we will be there in Ukraine's hour of need and that won't change."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Now, I get it: I love this show personally and cover it professionally, so I have a vested interest in it that sometimes goes beyond what more casual or fair-weather viewers might think of it.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2024
And, of course, there are always those fair-weather fans who pop up when their local team is succeeding.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Chup led Frightful higher and higher, to the misty bottom of a fair-weather cumulus cloud.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
