nine days' wonders

variants also nine day wonders
Definition of nine days' wondersnext
plural of nine days' wonder

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Noun
  • At the conclusion of the interview, Falchuk left Dane to address a camera alone, leaving his last words for family, friends, and fans.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But the actor saved his true last words for his two daughters, Billie and Georgia.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The complex process, requiring two Starships equipped with docking adapters to meet up in orbit to transfer hundreds of tons of super-cooled propellant, is necessary for Starship to reach distant destinations like Mars.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Each ship displaces about 10,000 tons, which is roughly 22 million pounds.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 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
  • Many feature natural materials, more conscious production, and a design that doesn’t depend on passing fads.
    René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Many of the qualities required to be a phenomenal investor are present in AI, which can absorb endless data, recognize historical patterns, and operate entirely free of human greed, fear, or fads.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Inside, cabinets are crammed with Happy Meal toys from around the globe, offering surprising insights into regional preferences and pop culture trends.
    Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The result is eyewear that resists trends and rewards patience.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The team also revealed that the resulting dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) fibers exhibit intrinsic softness, with an overall Young’s modulus of 37 MPa, enabling electrically controllable actuation modes with high freedom in bending, compression, and three-dimensional(3D) swirling motions.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Residents should be prepared for all modes of severe weather, including damaging winds exceeding 70 mph, destructive hail larger than baseballs, heavy rain and the possibility of a few tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth/Dallas.
    Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Fedorova knows that her enthusiasms will not be shared by everyone.
    Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Shriver’s many strange enthusiasms have provided her with a wellspring of ideas, which in the past have produced highly topical novels—about school massacres, obesity, religion, and, yes, the national debt.
    Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
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