abbot
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Are the Hairy Hands about to turn up in Shipton Abbot?
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Irth’s team includes Mack Abbot, a former employee of Starboard Value, the activist hedge fund that made an investment in Papa Johns several years ago and whose founder became chairman of its board.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
But Abbot Joseph Mpundu, a standard bearer for the repressed 1992 protests against Mobutu's rule, takes a dim view of any rehabilitation of the ex-dictator's image.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
Martinez Fischer was referencing Pennsylvania billionaire Jeff Yass’s $6 million campaign contribution to Abbot in December 2023, which stands as the largest campaign contribution in Texas history.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2025
Carefully he inched the door open, closing it again swiftly as the Abbot and Brother Alf padded by.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Medieval Europe - Introductory
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