1
as in lovers
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
football fanatics are pretty much booked up for weekends from Labor Day to Super Bowl Sunday
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2
as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
once he joined the movement, he became a fanatic
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Noun
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For many writers and word lovers — the very people any spelling reformer needs to convince — there’s a hand-me-down charm to these marks of distinction.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Apr. 2025 -
Any romance reader familiar with the enemies-to-lovers trope should recognize this archetype.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Just days prior, Julani’s forces massacred between 800 and 2,000 Alawite and Christian civilians during a brutal crackdown on anti-government partisans along the coast.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
11 Mar. 2025
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But the militant group now has to contend with an aftermath that for many Lebanese, including some Hezbollah partisans, looks very much like defeat.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Assad family, members of the sect, ruled Syria for over half a century until Bashar was ousted in December by Sunni Islamist militants who sought to reshape the country’s political and sectarian order.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The heart of the film is when La Rocca, along with fellow fans/historians/enthusiasts Enrico Tosi and Pierangelo Brivio, are taken by Nieri to the place where Kilpin was born, the nondescript flat above what used to be his father’s butcher shop on Mansfield Road in Nottingham.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Many food enthusiasts attend Coachella, treating it like a food festival in addition to a music event, drawn by the diverse and exciting culinary offerings.—
Tiana DeNicola,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, a press conference was held outside Columbia University, where academics and activists railed at the arrest.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Organizers said the tour gave attendees an opportunity to learn about these female trailblazers — businesswomen, activists, art collectors and more — who are all buried at the OC cemetery.—
Allyson Vergara,
Orange County Register,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Fanatics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanatics. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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