make an appearance
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The Duchess of Sussex will make an appearance as a guest judge on a new season of hit Australian television show MasterChef Australia.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
French DJ and producer David Guetta returns to the desert in Indio, and David Byrne, the legendary co-founder of Talking Heads, will make an appearance.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
And the typical holiday boost has yet to make an appearance, Rodriguez said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
"The suction boots which appear in his first book, The Gremlins, and his last book, Billy and the Minpins, also make an appearance when Sean Connery's Bond is descending into Blofeld's volcano lair," he said.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
Finally her husband came to beg her to change her clothes and make an appearance in the garden, even if only for ten minutes, to quell the rumors of the guests.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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