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when it came time for the girl to go to college, Aunt Edna once again proved to be a reliable fairy godmother
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What Undue Medical Debt Is Doing Lately, the small nonprofit Undue Medical Debt has become a fairy godmother for some with medical debt.
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Next Avenue, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2025
In her case, however, there is no fairy godmother, but rather a demented surgeon named Dr. Esthetique (Adam Lundrgen) who yanks out her braces, chisels her nose into shape, and weaves new lashes into her eyelids — all filmed, naturally, in excruciating close-ups.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
There’s no fairy godmother to be found in Blichfeldt’s telling, as both Elivra and Agnes (played by Thea Sofie Loch Næss, a more conventionally attractive Scandinavian stunner) go about their transformations in creative new ways.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Nurse Gaby Pinzon ended up stepping into the role of wedding fairy godmother, solving the laboring mom's bridal fashion emergency.
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Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
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First Known Use
1839, in the meaning defined above
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“Fairy godmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairy%20godmother. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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