nine days' wonders

variants also nine day wonders
plural of nine days' wonder

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nine days' wonders
Noun
  • Mays’ last words spoken on camera were to a local TV station, MyFox Tampa Bay, after his flight made a rough landing at Tampa International Airport.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
  • Death penalty states generally allow last statements from the execution chamber, but Texas catalogs the prisoners’ last words online, except for vulgar and racist language or what sounds unintelligible.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Having a few good friends can be more meaningful than having tons.
    Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 2 July 2026
  • There are tons of other great Spanx deals to shop over the Fourth of July weekend.
    Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The Story and American Buffalo are going to be hot tickets too.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • There are several other ongoing furors about the president’s propensity to use his power in unusually personal ways.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But determining which fads are actually recommended and effective takes more time and attention.
    Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • The 1970s were thick with New Age spiritual fads and movements, from the benign (crystals) to the unspeakably toxic and cultic (Jonestown).
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • In fact, 72% of Gen Z look to social media for food and drink-focused wellness trends, according to 2025 data shared with CNBC by food & beverages analytics firm Datassentials.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 28 June 2026
  • The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • By bringing other modes of indoor precision cooking outdoors.
    Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • If that conversation also seems too anxiety-provoking, focus on modes of communication that do feel accessible to you.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
  • The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
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“Nine days' wonders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nine%20days%27%20wonders. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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