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[fuhn] / fʌn /




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“It’s kind of fun to give people that little shock and wow effect when you flex,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

They don’t know her history or her life or why she was even at the party, beyond her stated desire to have some fun.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

But that’s all part of the fun, right?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

While the increasingly popular annual competition is largely for fun, organisers say it is helpful in raising awareness of brown bears and their Alaskan habitats, as well as the risks they face from human activity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The rest of the townsfolk and the land rush hopefuls move, chattering, gossiping, resuming their business and fun.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

“That was one of the funner games,” Francona said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

“We think this project lends itself to bigger, funner events and we’re excited to be a part of that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2020

Zoe: Anna is the funner sister because Elsa acts too proper.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2019

A metaphor about offense to describe the process to acquire pitching is kind of amusing and even funner given the Mariners baserunning woes last season as a team.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2017

Walking all this way to give Mr. Leroy a plate of food was worth it ’cause waren’t nothing scarier nor funner than watching him eat fish.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

In the documentary, Dawson said: "It was the funnest summer of my life."

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

“It was the funnest time ever,” she says, and rewarding in ways she never expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2025

Ohora says the overall goal is that “everyone can learn but in the funnest and fuzziest way possible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

“These are some of the funnest games we’ve played all year,” Judge said.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2023

It's like some of the funnest times I've had in my community, where you're with them all night long telling stories of the stupid stuff they did growing up.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2022

Nearly 25% of the money generated under the proposed tax would go to permanent affordable housing that would be funned in a manner similar to Proposition HHH.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

It’s clear that he’s having a blast, and his spirit of funning irreverence supercharges the entire narrative like home-brewed black lightning.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2020

Some of Galassi’s funning does skirt simple one-to-one identification: A Nobel Prize-winning Dutch essayist is called van Meegeren, a name mainly associated with a notorious art forger.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2015

How he got here: Wins in the O'Reilly Stakes and the Limbaugh Derby — oh, just funning you.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2015

Just funning, of course, but on the money.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was funning with me again, but she was trying to teach me a lesson too.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles




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