pet project
Example Sentences
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A pet project of architect Frank Gehry, a smaller concert hall to complement his legendary Walt Disney Concert Hall, is taking shape in downtown Los Angeles for an opening next September.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The White House has made fixing the chip maker its pet project, Robbie Whelan reports, and now the effort is beginning to pay off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
They’re people with enough money to buy a company outright just because they want a pet project.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
It's a pet project for Prime Minister Mark Brown, who believes it will reshape this country of 15 volcanic islands in the southern Pacific.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
That is one pet project of the Reverend’s: getting other Baptists to swallow the Apocrypha.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
