fawner

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Noun
  • Brit Page himself has been a popular fan pick to play 007 since his breakout starring turn in the first season of Netflix/Shondaland’s Bridgerton.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2025
  • Caitlin Clark’s presence on the Indiana Fever led to opposing teams changing venues to a larger seating capacity to host thousands more fans than usual for games.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The mosasaur has henchman spinosaurs – a nice touch – while a titanosaurus couple shares a loving moment (which gets interrupted by some pesky humans).
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 July 2025
  • Malaparte, by then, was making his name as one of Mussolini’s highbrow henchmen.
    Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Courtesy of Lucasfilm On an isolated farm at the outer reaches of a fascist empire, a mid-level government toady interrogates his victims.
    Jake Kleinman, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The anecdote illustrates the contrast in competence and grasp of real world dangers between Reagan’s team and Trump’s toadies — and also between these presidents themselves.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Yanking the rug out from under thousands of foreigners who often risked life and limb to find a safe haven in America is an unconscionable act of heartless, anti-humanitarian gall on the part of Donald Trump and his minions.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 9 June 2025
  • Her niftiest fight sequence looks like abstract art: a stark black-and-white aerial pan of her shadow battling minions down a hallway.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Eating prey can be dangerous for cats, especially mice, which can carry disease, parasites and even poison.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
  • Food poisoning can be caused by viruses or parasites, but the most common culprits are bacteria such as Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Campylobacter, Listeria and Clostridium—often found on or inside animals.
    Amanda Heidt, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Donald Trump and Elon Musk and their universe of sycophants who worship wickedness can’t be changed by continues eye contact.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Make no mistake, the waste, fraud and abuse extends from the Oval Office and with support from congressional sycophants.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • But the breakthrough rediscovery of the SS Nemesis didn’t come from shipwreck devotees.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
  • If Formula 1 devotees and fellow drivers don’t like the film, Hamilton will surely feel it on tour.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Use a microfiber cloth or a non-abrasive sponge to gently scrub the knob.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 10 July 2025
  • My hair absorbs leave in like a sponge, and this made my hair feel amazing.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 8 July 2025
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“Fawner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fawner. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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