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

Apparently Professor Lightning had become a nine-day wonder; anyone going to New York was presumed to be going to see him.

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.