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The president, played by Jeff Daniels, emerges as focused, canny, charming and witty in this fond portrayal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The couple moved to the village in 2011 with Bowler's wife hoping to replicate her fond memories of going to the beach every day when she lived in Cape Town, South Africa.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Winning back fans in San Diego continues to be a goal of the Chargers franchise, but coach Jim Harbaugh will always have fond memories of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Food culture is inordinately fond of nonchalance: meals that are “almost too easy,” cakes that come together “in a snap.”
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
“He’s fond of pushing boundaries, and I offered to help him push them further. Is Mr. Barris my opponent? That would be quite devious of him, building me a carousel to avoid suspicion.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 138-9, 213.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 125-8, 139.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 186-92.--Jo. a S. Victore Memor.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
I really believe," Mrs. Westgate continued, "that the most charming girl in the world is a Boston superstructure upon a New York fonds; or perhaps a New York superstructure upon a Boston fonds.
From An International Episode by Henry James
Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 14-16, 29-30, 35, 120, 148.--Coll.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Those fonder of Hawthorne the magical realist will have plenty to appreciate as well, not least of which that Donatello’s true ancestry—whether human or faun—is never definitively established.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Growing fonder and fonder of Maude, Harold shares with her that when he isn’t attending funerals for fun, he likes to go to demolition sites and scrap yards.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026
You can sit this one out, and see if absence makes the sisters grow fonder of each other.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025
Perhaps the absence made his heart grow fonder.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025
His voice softens when he talks about her—he is no longer the toughened leader of this compound, but an old man, reflecting on some fonder past.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Some of Debbie Israel’s fondest memories as a young girl are the times she spent with her father at synagogue praying on the Sabbath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
"My fondest memories are of him travelling on the buses wherever he went."
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
In a personal tribute, Jacob recalled one of his fondest memories of his friend, from the night India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
It’s one of the earliest, fondest memories I have.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025
“With fondest thoughts on this, the day of your birth, Lady A.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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