The word paraphernalia has appeared in 43 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on July 5 in the guest essay “Mexico’s World Cup Moment Is Pure, Fragile Magic” by Ioan Grillo:
Mexico City is hosting only five games in this year’s World Cup, but you wouldn’t know it from walking the streets, which are awash in soccer paraphernalia. Everyone seems to be wearing a green Mexico jersey, thanks to corner vendors hawking unlicensed merch for as little as $15, much to the chagrin of FIFA, whose official shirts often cost upward of $100.
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