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john

[jon] / dʒɒn /






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John Coale was attending an event at the British Embassy in Washington when the State Department called, with a request: Could he go to Belarus and retrieve a political prisoner with an American passport?

From The Wall Street Journal

Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the three liberals to rule against him on that basis.

From Slate

Often have I recalled the scene in John Buchan’s spy thriller “The 39 Steps” when the protagonist, Richard Hannay, tells his true but unlikely story to an innkeeper.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s one thing to have John Q. Public, who reads and watches certain news outlets where you’ve appeared, mistake you for someone else.

From The Wall Street Journal

John D. Rockefeller External link is considered by some to be the wealthiest human since his nearly $1 billion fortune early in the 20th century equated to roughly 2% of U.S.

From Barron's