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groupies

noun

plural of groupie

as in fans

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Noun

With that, the Australian reporters sighed and smiled and the underdog-loving fans here likely will as well.

— Vic Tafur, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Strange New Worlds is clearly a show aimed at fans of the original.

— Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of fans

Noun

Unfortunately for fans of the franchise, the beetle has come for an Owens this time, not one of their lovers.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
For lovers of the first film, the sequel, arriving 28 years later, will go down like one of those midnight margaritas.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of lovers

Noun

On Monday, scores of Gilda’s devotees flocked to pay homage to her at the rusted wreckage of the tour bus, now preserved as a memorial off the national highway that skirts Argentina’s muddy Paranacito River.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Chef Bun of the famed Savoy in Tokyo—a spot that turned Sean Brock, among many, many others, into Japanese pizza devotees—will be at the helm of Royale Pizza Napoletana.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of devotees

Noun

The Moon opposes powerful Pluto, creating tension between your creative instincts and the opinions of friends, coworkers, or a larger group.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
The only thing that set her aside was that her family was Mormon, but her friends didn’t judge.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of friends

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The title references an Islamic hadith that is meant to shine a light on Ali’s character’s moral hypocrisies and the religious fanatics who surround him in the film.

— John Ross, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
The psycho fanatics have a microphone now, which was inconceivable 20 years ago.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of fanatics

Noun

The Argument Against The black hole star enthusiasts appeal to Occam’s razor, arguing that their theory gives the simplest accounting of these two little red dots, and perhaps of little red dots in general.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Most home cooks won’t need all three; most knife enthusiasts couldn’t imagine their collection without them.

— Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of enthusiasts

Noun

Outside, addicts wander peg-legged in the pulverizing triple-digit late summer heat, past attorneys in cream sport coats and copper-red ties.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
The answers to these questions are very important to our community of addicts and alcoholics, both in and out of recovery.

— David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of addicts

Noun

As the club’s name implies, car junkies will get an opportunity to see lots of Model T’s and other antique autos from more than a century ago on display.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
The team can arrange for adrenaline junkies to heli-ski on a glacier, fight to bring a king salmon ashore, kayak on remote riverbeds, and more, all with the help of expert guides.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

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