With half of the stadium decked out in highlighter-orange supporting the Dutch and the other half in royal blue supporting the Japanese, the chants and energy were felt from whistle to whistle from the 69,285 fans in attendance.
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Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
From German dudes discovering Waffle House in the Deep South to Japanese fans experiencing chips and salsa overload in Texas, it's been absolutely beautiful seeing the guests of this great nation being exposed to the best parts of our culture stateside.
By pioneering reusable boosters that can land autonomously, the company slashed launch costs and ramped up its launch cadence—suddenly making low earth orbit more accessible to a broad range of customers.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
Regardless, Canadian space boosters say the launch portends more good things to come from a country eager to develop its own orbital lift capability.
Others are ideological fanatics, while some have effectively turned this world view into a profession.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
In the winter, Aspen’s restaurants and bars (in town, in Snowmass, or even on the mountain) are packed with both snow enthusiasts and Aspen fanatics who never trade in their Moon Boots for ski boots.
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Chadner Navarro,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
Parents and beauty enthusiasts alike praise its ability to smooth stubborn bumps and improve skin texture.
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Cheryl Fenton,
Parents,
14 June 2026
Tattoo enthusiasts travel to the state capital A high school history teacher from Chico, Struyf traveled to Sacramento for his third Capitol City Classic to finish up his two-year-long endeavor of tattooing his whole body.
Local breeders, known as fanciers, would release their birds far from home and measure the time and distance covered to return.
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Sharyn Alfonsi,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
Famous people were frequently asked to be judges, to lend cachet to the events—novelists Émile Zola and Pierre Loti were two of them (both writers were cat-fanciers, so were well qualified to be judges).
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