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wellborn

[wel-bawrn] / ˈwɛlˈbɔrn /






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“To punish someone in this situation who does the right thing, it’s absurd,” Wellborn said.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

Gayle Wellborn and Perry Blickenstaff called it an "emotional time", but they were "tickled to death" to be in the East of England for the first time.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2022

The District’s Stan Wellborn suggested paying homage to Alain Locke, a key member of the Harlem Renaissance, a Harvard graduate and the first African American Rhodes scholar.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2018

The first architect was John Wellborn Root, who as a boy had fled Sherman’s march on Atlanta during the civil war.

From Economist • Jun. 28, 2018

He liked Wight and liked the work; he liked especially one of Wight’s other draftsmen, a southerner named John Wellborn Root, who was four years younger.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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