early American
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He also headed up the team for the experimental XP-80, an early American jet built in response to the Nazis’ Messerschmitt Me 262.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Colonial and early American governments required participation in local militias, which were designed primarily for community defense rather than sustained military campaigns.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative, pushed back saying that even early American presidents might have qualified as "habitual drunkards" by the standards of today.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
Jews could neither vote nor hold office in some parts of the early American republic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
The lyrics retain images of early American life: the one-room schoolhouse, the rural environment, no industrial noise and automobiles, and the prevalence of animals.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
