nine days' wonders

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

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Noun
  • What are Tommy Shelby's last words?
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The stunned sibling couldn’t believe his last words to Chris would be so ordinary, yet so profound in light of what happened.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There’s tons of awesome stuff happening outside of Austin with Noah Hawley and the [Taylor] Sheridan stuff.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In Namibia, local authorities were producing millions of tons of wood chips while eradicating an invasive bush.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 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
  • The interplay between these might drive the evolution of fads.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Across medieval Europe, aristocrats repeatedly set off fashion fads and scandals by wearing poulaines, shoes whose flamboyantly elongated pointed toes could stretch far beyond the natural length of their feet.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That would flip two trends — growing footprints and skyrocketing prices — in one piece of legislation.
    Mark Dee March 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Stacey Lastoe is a freelance journalist covering wellness and luxury travel, food and drink, hotels, travel trends and news, and more.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Liberty 5 is the first Soundcore model to integrate Dolby Audio, offering specialized immersive modes for music, movies, and podcasts.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • His modes of transportation include camels, sailboats and a poultry truck.
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Urie plays Monty Blakemont III, a dashing art connoisseur and philanthropist, whose enthusiasms are genuine though his financial resources are suspect.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Fedorova knows that her enthusiasms will not be shared by everyone.
    Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
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