as in fan
a person who flatters another in order to get ahead
having surrounded himself with fawners who gave him only good news, the governor had no idea of the true state of affairs
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For many fans, the idea of Cena's final WrestleMania match being against a newbie like Paul—rather than a more traditional title defense—has sparked significant backlash.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025 -
Not only did Sahin graduate through the club’s academy and make more than 200 appearances for the first team, he was also born locally and grew up a Dortmund fan.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Borisov, whose Russian henchman Igor grows close to Mikey Madison's titular character over the course or Baker's unpredictable odyssey, has been dominating awards season for his breakthrough performance.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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Also joining the cast are Sam C. Wilson as Trap Jaw, Kojo Attah as Tri-Klops and Hafthor Bjornsson as Goat Man — three of Skeletor's henchmen.—
Lawrence Yee,
People.com,
21 Dec. 2024
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The high toady will be 61 degrees and the low will be 39 degrees.—
Elainie Barraza,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2025
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Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Toby Jones, and Paul Walter Hauser all drop by to add their touches to an underworld majordomo, a dogged BPD Special Ops officer, a political toady and Boston’s single dumbest thug, respectively.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2024
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Not even the dynamic duos of Joy and Anxiety, Deadpool and Wolverine, Gru and his minions or Paul Atreides and those massive sandworms could push the 2024 box office to pre-pandemic heights.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
2 Jan. 2025
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The Inflation Reduction Act set the United States on a new green industrial trajectory that even Trump and his minions will have trouble reversing.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
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The parasite then feeds on the fish’s body fluids; to keep the juices flowing, the sea lamprey secrets an enzyme that prevents its host's blood from clotting.—
Paul A. Smith,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated lymphatic filariasis, the disfiguring parasite that causes a condition commonly known as elephantiasis.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
30 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger, under white powder and red eye shadow like Joker sycophants.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Nov. 2024
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But that progress will be harder to forge if Trump follows through on his vow to mass fire civil servants and replace them with sycophants.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Indian Railways has also introduced more than 90 special trains that will make nearly 3,300 trips during the festival to transport devotees, besides regular trains.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
13 Jan. 2025
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Jewish devotees of the New York Times’ game Strands came in for a shock when the day’s puzzle offered up a Hanukkah theme — and then seemed to botch it.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2025
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Punk and Emo, the forerunners of today’s worm-mollusks, lived on the dark seafloor amid gardens of sponges, nearly 200 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged on land.—
Kate Golembiewski,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Add the detergent to the water then dip the sponge or cloth in the water and get to work on the spot.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
2 Jan. 2025
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