nine days' wonders

variants also nine day wonders
plural of nine days' wonder

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Noun
  • What were Richard Ramirez’s last words?
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 7 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
  • The aim is to cut greenhouse gases from roughly 350,000 tons of organic waste a year and help Los Angeles finally comply with California’s ambitious Senate Bill 1383 composting mandates.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • There are tons of mice out there with an entire keypad’s worth of thumb buttons — the Razer Naga pioneered the genre.
    Brad Bourque, The Verge, 23 June 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
  • Switching modes from producer to hotel visionary, LVP already has a pretty good idea what life inside the hotel will look like a year from now.
    Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • On top of the permanent Black Ops Classic rotation, two modes arrive in Team Blueprint Sharpshooter, a 6v6 playlist with rotating Weapon Blueprints, and Knife Fight, a 2v2 melee twist on Gunfight.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 25 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 29 Jun. 2026.

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