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Recent Examples of admirerPrue told George that Dawn Allenby was in high spirits because an admirer had sent her flowers.—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026 Metheny has been an admirer of Patton for some time and the two performed an Orange County concert with Encinitas guitarist Peter Sprague and his band a few years ago.—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026 Apparently, Flagg is also a huge admirer.—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026 Malcolm in Joel Coen’s solo act, Macbeth; and the winsome early admirer of Anya Taylor-Joy’s chess prodigy in Scott Frank’s The Queen’s Gambit.—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026 If even a die-hard Huppert admirer like me has trouble getting through it, why would a casual cinephile bother?—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026 In the emails, Attia is not just Epstein’s medical adviser but a friend and ardent admirer.—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026 In December, the New York Times also reported that Barron has become an admirer of Andrew Tate.—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026 Manager Unai Emery is a huge admirer of Abraham and has a long-term interest in him that dates back to early in his Villa career.—David Ornstein, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The Granville Suite, once military reception rooms, is named after Christine Granville, rumored lover of Ian Fleming and apparently Churchill’s favorite spy.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
While the storm is looming, there are new glimmers of possibility—friends can become lovers, strangers can become friends on the subway, the supermarket aisles are charged with meaning.
They are haunted by the awful knowledge of how their beloved suffered in their final hours and minutes of life.
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Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Esau grows up to be a talented hunter and the favorite of his father, whereas Jacob grows up to be a quiet, indoor-favoring child and the beloved of his mother.
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Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 Mar. 2026
All of the sweets are made by Sugiyama's pastry-chef girlfriend Yui Matsuzaki, from scones served with cream and jam, seasonal fruit tarts, lemon cake, shortbread cookies, muffins, and occasionally a Japanese pudding that's to-die-for.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
The hours ticked by, the traffic slowing on the narrow street outside his maisonette’s window and the telly getting louder as Babs’s girlfriend got deeper into her stories.
Inside the University of Texas at Arlington planetarium, students and space enthusiasts gathered to witness the next chapter in lunar exploration.
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Erin Jones,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
And if a bunch of independent enthusiasts can uncover this much information with public tools, this fast, imagine what a properly coordinated and resourced regulatory effort could achieve.