fanned

past tense of fan

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Verb
  • The controversy ignited when Al-Shaair delivered a late, hard hit on Lawrence while the quarterback slid on a second-quarter play in the Texans’ Week 13 win over the Jags.
    Rebecca Tauber, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This unexpected turn of events not only marked a major setback for Punk but also ignited a fresh chapter in their bitter feud, leaving fans eagerly anticipating what's next.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • If you’ve been swayed by the new ad promoting the Apple Watch as a great device to boost your motivation and help keep your new year’s resolutions, then a new sales at Amazon and Best Buy are timely.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • An owner seemingly swayed in personnel decisions by video game player rankings.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This move has stirred controversy and concern amongst community leaders in New Orleans, a city with a historically high homicide rate.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The dresses, however, have stirred interest.
    Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Russia’s Vladimir Putin has incited Europe’s largest conflict since the Second World War and China’s Xi Jinping is remaking global institutions in his own image, bereft of democratic values.
    Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
  • With the widespread medical advice advocating protective measures against UV radiation to ward against this, the view incited considerable backlash.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • An image of an orca donning a dead salmon on its head like a hat sparked speculation that an old 1980s fashion trend had returned.
    Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The photo, which has gained widespread attention, has sparked a mix of reactions online.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The incident was caught on video, making waves online and on local TV news, and provoked an outcry from fellow residents.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
  • His 1954 run for governor in Connecticut provoked questions about whether the state was ready for a Jewish governor.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • People with open skin lesions, inflamed acne or skin, raised scars, skin cancer, and rosacea should avoid dermaplanning.
    Carley Millhone, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Pink eye is what occurs when the thin membrane that lines the white of the eye and the eyelid becomes infected and inflamed.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • And then the game itself smacked him like Zack Bolduc’s hit that knocked Hall upside down into the Blues bench.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • She got smacked, but the ball went in.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Fanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanned. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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