nine days' wonders

variants also nine day wonders
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Noun
  • What were Michael Jackson's last words?
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Alan Osmond‘s younger brother, Merrill Osmond, has revealed the late musician’s last words to him before his death on April 20, 2026, at age 76.
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Amazon Leo 5, which launched on April 4, boosted that number to 29 and set a new record for the heaviest payload ever flown by an Atlas V in the process — 18 tons.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Broward generates 5 million tons of garbage annually, or 20,000 pounds per minute.
    Mike Ryan, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 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
  • Not for him the magic elixirs and fads of his biohacking brethren.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Taylor Swift, Sandra Bullock, Jimmy Fallon, Kerry Washington and other famous figures have all experienced the same awkward phases and funky fashion fads of their time — and these nostalgic memories show up best in their prom photos.
    Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Welcome back to The Athletic’s title-race tracker, where our data and tactics writers analyse the key trends behind the two-horse race for the Premier League crown between Arsenal and Manchester City.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Sign up for our weekly newsletter that goes beyond the livestream, offering a closer look at the trends and figures shaping the ETF market.
    Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Choose modes for stress, sleep, burnout, pain and more.
    Mitti Hicks, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • This is songwriting whose strength arises, partially, from an ability to texturize all the modes of life — having and losing, looking and longing, comfort and disorientation — and the many moods those modes inspire.
    New York Times, New York Times, 28 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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