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
But to the outer circle, it is only a nine-day wonder; while the dancing and dining army men soon make light of the matter.
From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.
