Sentence examples for fad from inspiring English sources

The first Rubik's Cube competitions began in the early 1980s and were largely a promotional affair that vanished with the collapse of the initial fad for the puzzle.

Denmark and Sweden combined have now had at least four restaurants in the best 50 every year since 2012, clearly reflecting that the hype around Nordic cuisine is not a temporary fad.

It's very much the thing of the moment, but is no passing fad.

And in a sign that things might already be getting out of hand, bone broth is linked to a fad diet (followers of the Paleo diet are especially keen) and there's a pet food spin-off, aimed at presumably outrageously pampered cats.

It rubberstamped the fad for cramming every inch of every catalogue and shop window with dreadful Keep Calm and Carry On knock-offs.

We're not about fad diets, but all about balance.

For instance, the fad for "core competences" makes it difficult for a western firm to play the Asian game, even if it understands the rules.

Such a kludge is little more than a stop-gap measure, designed to encourage wealthy early-adopters to splurge on the latest video fad.

However, Mr O'Hanlon cautions against radicalism based on the latest "strategic fad": America cannot always choose the kind of war it wants to fight.The CSBA's Mark Gunzinger wants the next review to explain clearly what forces America will need to meet the challenges identified by the president's new strategic guidance, published last year.

Conservatism is not defined by a tendency to stand by while people's aspirations for more democratic societies are crushed: that is isolationism, a doctrine with an even more accident-prone history".Democracy seems to have been a fleeting fad in the America-influenced parts of the Middle East," Mr O'Hara concludes.

And it is well-timed to exploit the interior decoration for the masses bandwagon inspired by (pre-ImClone) Martha Stewart in America and, in Britain, by the fad for DIY and the popularity of TV shows that give ordinary people's boring rooms a makeover.