wannabe
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And, in real time, we’re watching wannabe masters of the AI universe try to win an upper hand in controlling the new technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
The two-cap striker - who last played for Scotland in 2022 - has the play-off final to look forward to where he will come up against a fellow World Cup wannabe in Oli McBurnie.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
A new generation of modern travel agencies is making it easy for wannabe advisers to set up shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
I know they were stretched thin, but you can’t leave an entire relief effort to a bunch of wannabe feds.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
He now leads New York, “and there are wannabes all over the country,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Others, like the Elvis impersonators roaming the streets, were wannabes, eager to tap into the mass tort gold mine.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
Local clubs had not been geared up for the sudden rush of Jonny Wilkinson wannabes that descended on them after his drop-kick landed World Cup glory.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
In July, Brooklyn’s Bell House welcomed a sold-out crowd to see a live reading of an episode of Bravo’s 2012 one-hit-wonder show, “Gallery Girls,” about a group of privileged, post-grad art world wannabes.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
There were the others: the conspiracy theorists, the morbidly curious, the wannabes, and the just plain crazy.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
