nine days' wonders

variants also nine day wonders
plural of nine days' wonder

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Noun
  • What were Steve Irwin’s last words?
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In 2015, firefighter Xavier Gourmelon revealed Princess Diana's last words in an interview with The Independent.
    Stephanie Kaloi, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Today, carbon capture is far from being deployed at scale, despite billions of dollars in investments around the world, and the amount of carbon currently captured is just a tiny fraction of the billions of tons of carbon dioxide emitted every year.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Currently, only 37% of the more than 5 million tons of trash generated in the county each year is recycled — and even that is hampered by a 40% contamination rate.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Read the full review here Furniture fads come and go, but the Eames Chair?
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Follow Andy for continued coverage of the newest fads in the ultra-premium whiskey market, how tariffs would affect prices for bottle importers and why Scotland could soon be running out of peat.
    Andy Vasoyan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a recent report from weight loss management platform Levity, cities were ranked by Google search trends for the medications based on how interested residents were in the drugs.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Khaite designer Catherine Holstein’s vision has always been less about trends and more about attitude, which comes through in the clothes that feel confident, modern, and a little undone in the most New York way possible.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As was the case with Dark Forces, this remaster has stunning new cutscenes and visuals that are rich in color, as well as online multiplayer modes like deathmatch and capture the flag.
    Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But most of those low-blue-light modes still let a considerable amount of blue light through, potentially keeping you up at night.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their shared enthusiasms are utterly sexless.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
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