nine days' wonders

variants also nine day wonders
plural of nine days' wonder

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nine days' wonders
Noun
  • What were John Wayne Gacy’s last words?
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • At the end of the interview, subjects (including Goodall) are asked to look into a camera and give their final message, their last words to the world.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Turning waste Into energy The Surrey Biofuel Facility processes approximately 115,000 tons of food waste each year.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Like Ferrari, by 2016, tons of automakers caught on to CarPlay and began integrating it into their products.
    Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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
  • Buffett and Munger built careers on discipline and restraint—waiting for the fat pitch, resisting fads, preserving optionality.
    Big Think, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In a recent partnership with Kashi, a protein- and fiber-rich cereal brand, Cody aims to challenge fads and encourage healthy, balanced lifestyles.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • No matter which denim trends crop up, straight-leg jeans will forever be in style.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s a closer look at trends shaping the denim industry.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Choose from eight lighting modes—including twinkle, slow fade, steady glow, or flash—and even set an automatic shut-off timer.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For Findikoglu, whose designs interrogate traditional modes of femininity and unspools them into powerfully sensually looks, hair acts as armor and invitation into her gothic underworld.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their shared enthusiasms are utterly sexless.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
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