paparazzi

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They played to the paparazzi, vamping at high-profile events including the Kentucky Derby and the White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner, and hammed it up in “caught off-guard” moments at the supermarket or over lunch.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

In 2011, Spelling was involved in a crash with her children in a vehicle that she said was prompted by paparazzi.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Swift does not appear in the video, instead compiling a "supercut" of scenes from the late actress's films, alongside archive clips and newsreels showing the star being hounded by paparazzi.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Both brothers’ decisions are driven in part by an identical desire: to avoid inflicting on their own families a repeat of their own childhood trauma of seeing their mother chased to her death by paparazzi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The press was there, of course—craning to get a view of Sasha, like paparazzi angling for a shot of the royal family.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater