nine-day wonder
Example Sentences
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And I’m afraid these historic default rates may not be just a nine-day wonder.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025
And if you're looking for irony, the phrase "nine-day wonder" has been around for at least 400 years and probably much longer.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2017
But with the LSO it became a nine-day wonder – press photographers on the doorstep next morning and all that.
From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2012
Three years ago Engressia was a nine-day wonder in newspapers and magazines all over America because he had been discovered whistling free long-distance connections for fellow students at the University of South Florida.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2011
Dell had never seen so many cattle, almost as uniform in size as that many marbles, and the ease with which a few men handled the herd became a nine-day wonder to the astonished boy.
From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy
