NINE DAY WONDERS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

nine days' wonders

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plural of nine days' wonder

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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

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The largest, the Koda Suite (named for Leo’s dog), which was once occupied by the Daunt family, is a terrific family option, with two rooms, two bathrooms, tons of space, and its own private pool entrance.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Over several decades, hundreds and hundreds of tons — hundreds of thousands of gallons — of acid waste from the pesticide DDT and even DDT itself were dumped into the ocean off the Palos Verdes Peninsula and near Catalina Island.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

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Still, bond investors, who are less swayed by market fads than stock investors are, have also lost enthusiasm for the AI boom.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 July 2026
Brandon Chargoy, 31, has struggled with his weight most of his life, cycling through crash diets and fitness fads without much success.

— Simar Bajaj, NBC news, 17 July 2026

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With just one full month of summer left, now’s the time to lean into the season’s boldest manicure trends before fall’s moodier color palette takes over.

— Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 19 July 2026
Unlike trends that involve shoving one pastry into another, salt bread’s virality is rooted in simplicity, capturing attention with little other than butter and a bit of salt.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 19 July 2026

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In sportier modes, each wheel can counteract handling forces with up to 2,250 pounds of resisting force.

— Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
Variable light settings There are some light-up shoes with adjustable light settings, and rechargeable shoes provide different light modes, including flashing, static and various colors.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

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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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